大蚊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	蚊
ががんぼ
Grade: 1	Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative forms

蚊ヶ母

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from 蚊々 (kaga, “mosquitoes”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 母 (bo, “mother”) or 蚊々 +‎ の +‎ 姥 (uba, “granny”). The kanji, from 大 (“big”) +‎ 蚊 (“mosquito”), are jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) ががんぼ [gàgáńbó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɡã̠mbo̞]

Noun

大蚊(ががんぼ) • (gaganbo) (alternative reading hiragana かがんぼ, katakana カガンボ, rōmaji kaganbo)

a cranefly

Synonyms

蚊(か)の姥(うば) (ka no uba)
蚊(カ)蜻蛉(トンボ) (katonbo)

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