浅草

See also: 淺草

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 浅草 – see 淺草 (“Asakusa, a district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan; shallow grass”).
(This term is the simplified form of 淺草).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浅 草
あさ
Grade: 4 		くさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
淺草 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あさくさ [àsákúsáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠sa̠kɯ̟̊sa̠]

Proper noun

浅(あさ)草(くさ) • (Asakusa) 

  1. Asakusa (a district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan)
  2. (~区) one of the 35 former wards of Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943), Tokyo City.
    Synonym: 浅草区 (Asakusa ku, “Asakusa ward”)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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