鴨葱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鴨 葱
かも
Jinmeiyō 		ねぎ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Referring to the idiom 鴨(カモ)が葱(ネギ)を背負(しょ)って来(く)る (kamo ga negi o shotte kuru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かもねぎ [kàmónégí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mo̞ne̞ɡʲi]

Noun

鴨(かも)葱(ねぎ) • (kamonegi) 

  1. excellent circumstances

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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