海坊主

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	坊	主
うみ Grade: 2	ぼう Grade: S	す > ず Grade: 3
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
海坊主 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うみぼーず [ùmíbóꜜòzù] (Nakadaka – [3])
(Tokyo) うみぼーず [úꜜmìbòòzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲibo̞ːzɨᵝ]

Noun

海(うみ)坊(ぼう)主(ず) • (umibōzu) ^{←うみばうず (umibauzu)^?}

an umibōzu, a type of round-headed sea monster

See also

海坊主 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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