五十嵐
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 五 | 十 | 嵐 | 
| い | あらし > がらし Grade: S | |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | |
| jukujikun | kun’yomi | |
Etymology
    
Originally a compound of 五十 (i-, “fifty”, combining form) + が (ga, Old Japanese genitive particle) + 嵐 (arashi, “storm”), with the initial a of arashi dropped due to lack of vowel clusters in Old Japanese, hence the literal meaning "fifty storms".
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