鼻紙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はな
Grade: 3
かみ > がみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
花紙

Etymology

Compound of (hana, nose) + (kami, paper). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ながみ [hànágámí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠ɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

(はな)(がみ) • (hanagami) 

  1. tissue paper

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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