花冷え

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	冷
はな Grade: 1	ひ > び Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 花 (hana) +‎ 冷え (hie). The hie changes to bie as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はなびえ [hànábíé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠bʲie̞]

Noun

花(はな)冷(び)え • (hanabie)

a cool spell during spring, when the cherry trees (sakura) are blossoming

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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