七草粥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七 草 粥
なな
Grade: 1 		くさ
Grade: 1 		かゆ > がゆ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 七草(ななくさ) (nanakusa, “seven herb”) + 粥(かゆ) (kayu, “rice porridge”). The kayu changes to gayu as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ななくさがゆ [nànákúsáꜜgàyù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠na̠kɯ̟sa̠ɡa̠jɯ̟]

Noun

七(なな)草(くさ)粥(がゆ) • (nanakusagayu) 

  1. congee traditionally served on January 7th (七草の節句), made with the 春の七草 (“seven herbs of spring”)

References

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