あまつぶ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
雨粒

Alternative forms
  • あめつぶ (ametsubu)

Etymology

From 雨(あま) (ama) + 粒(つぶ) (tsubu).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あまつ​ぶ [àmátsúꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠t͡sɨᵝbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

あまつぶ • (amatsubu) ←あまつぶ (amatubu)?

  1. raindrop

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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