鷲鼻

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鷲 鼻
わし
Jinmeiyō		 はな > ばな
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鷲 (わし) (washi, “eagle”) + 鼻 (はな) (hana, “nose”).[1][2] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

鷲鼻 (hiragana わしばな, rōmaji washibana)

  1. aquiline nose

Synonyms
  • 段 (だん)鼻 (ばな) (danbana)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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