赤とんぼ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤
あか
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

  • 赤トンボ

Etymology

From 赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + とんぼ (tonbo, “dragonfly”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あかとんぼ [àkátóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

赤(あか)とんぼ • (akatonbo) 

  1. red dragonfly (generic term)

References

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