"天草" meaning in All languages combined

See 天草 on Wiktionary

Proper name [Chinese]

IPA: /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: Tiāncǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧㄢ ㄘㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], Tiāncǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], Tiancǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], Tʻien¹-tsʻao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], Tyān-tsǎu [Mandarin, Yale], Tiantsao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], Тяньцао [Mandarin, Palladius], Tjanʹcao [Mandarin, Palladius]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天草 (Amakusa). Etymology templates: {{obor|zh|ja|天草|tr=Amakusa}} Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天草 (Amakusa) Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 天草
  1. (~市) Amakusa (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Kumamoto Prefecture, Places in Japan, Places in Kumamoto Prefecture
    Sense id: en-天草-zh-name-g1pK0i4M Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Japanese]

IPA: [a̠ma̠kɯ̟ᵝsa̠] Forms: 天草 [canonical] (ruby: (あま), (くさ)), Amakusa [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 天 (ama, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”). The surname likely comes from the place name, the derivation of which is uncertain. Theories include: * Named for the 海人 (ama, “sea people”) 草 (kusa, “tribe”) that lived in the archipelago in the region, as reported in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) * Named for the 甘草 (kanzō, “licorice”, literally “sweet grass”, alternative reading amakusa) harvested in the area * Shift from 馬草 (makusa, umakusa, literally “horse grass”) from grazing areas in the region Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|天|草|sort=あまくさ|t1=heavens|t2=grass, plant|tr1=ama|tr2=kusa}} 天 (ama, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”), {{m|ja|海人||sea people|tr=ama}} 海人 (ama, “sea people”), {{m|ja|草||tribe|tr=kusa}} 草 (kusa, “tribe”), {{m|ja|甘草||licorice|pos=literally “sweet grass”, alternative reading amakusa|tr=kanzō}} 甘草 (kanzō, “licorice”, literally “sweet grass”, alternative reading amakusa), {{m|ja|馬}} 馬, {{m|ja|草||lit=horse grass|tr=makusa, umakusa}} 草 (makusa, umakusa, literally “horse grass”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|あまくさ}} 天(あま)草(くさ) • (Amakusa)
  1. Amakusa (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Kumamoto Prefecture, Places in Japan, Places in Kumamoto Prefecture
    Sense id: en-天草-ja-name-g1pK0i4M Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 45 20 35 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 46
  2. a rare surname
    Sense id: en-天草-ja-name-PmfKjrs0 Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [tẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟ᵝsa̠] Forms: 天草 [canonical] (ruby: (てん), (ぐさ)), 天草 [canonical] (ruby: 天草(テングサ)), tengusa [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 天 (ten, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Uses the on'yomi of ten for the 天 character. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|天|草|sort=てんぐさ|t1=heavens|t2=grass, plant|tr1=ten|tr2=kusa}} 天 (ten, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{rendaku2|kusa|gusa|sort=てんぐさ}} The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁)., {{m|ja|天}} 天 Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんぐさ|テングサ}} 天(てん)草(ぐさ) or 天草(テングサ) • (tengusa)
  1. any of the red algae of the genus Gelidium
    Sense id: en-天草-ja-noun-8WOw3B0- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 22 25 52 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 15 25 55 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 25 44 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 14 24 59 4
  2. agar
    Sense id: en-天草-ja-noun-m658qzON
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 寒天 (kanten) (ruby: 寒天(かんてん)), 心太 (tokoroten) (ruby: 心太(ところてん))
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 天草 meaning in All languages combined (9.6kB)

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        "zh:Places in Kumamoto Prefecture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amakusa (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "市",
          "市#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Amakusa",
          "Amakusa#English"
        ],
        [
          "Kumamoto",
          "Kumamoto#English"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~市) Amakusa (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Tiāncǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ㄘㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Tiāncǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Tiancǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Tʻien¹-tsʻao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Tyān-tsǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Tiantsao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Тяньцао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Tjanʹcao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天草"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "天",
        "3": "草",
        "sort": "あまくさ",
        "t1": "heavens",
        "t2": "grass, plant",
        "tr1": "ama",
        "tr2": "kusa"
      },
      "expansion": "天 (ama, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "海人",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sea people",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "草",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tribe",
        "tr": "kusa"
      },
      "expansion": "草 (kusa, “tribe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "甘草",
        "3": "",
        "4": "licorice",
        "pos": "literally “sweet grass”, alternative reading amakusa",
        "tr": "kanzō"
      },
      "expansion": "甘草 (kanzō, “licorice”, literally “sweet grass”, alternative reading amakusa)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "馬"
      },
      "expansion": "馬",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "草",
        "3": "",
        "lit": "horse grass",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "天草",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天",
          "あま"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "くさ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Amakusa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper",
        "2": "あまくさ"
      },
      "expansion": "天(あま)草(くさ) • (Amakusa)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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        "ja:Cities in Kumamoto Prefecture",
        "ja:Places in Japan",
        "ja:Places in Kumamoto Prefecture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Amakusa (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Amakusa",
          "w:Amakusa, Kumamoto"
        ],
        [
          "Kumamoto",
          "Kumamoto#English"
        ],
        [
          "Japan",
          "Japan#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese surnames",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rare surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ma̠kɯ̟ᵝsa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Shoki"
  ],
  "word": "天草"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "天",
        "3": "草",
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        "t1": "heavens",
        "t2": "grass, plant",
        "tr1": "ten",
        "tr2": "kusa"
      },
      "expansion": "天 (ten, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "連濁"
      },
      "expansion": "連濁",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kusa",
        "2": "gusa",
        "sort": "てんぐさ"
      },
      "expansion": "The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "rendaku2"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "天"
      },
      "expansion": "天",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 天 (ten, “heavens”) + 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).\nUses the on'yomi of ten for the 天 character.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "天草",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天",
          "てん"
        ],
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          "草",
          "ぐさ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "天草",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "天草",
          "テングサ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tengusa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "てんぐさ",
        "2": "テングサ"
      },
      "expansion": "天(てん)草(ぐさ) or 天草(テングサ) • (tengusa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kanten",
      "ruby": [
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          "寒天",
          "かんてん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "寒天"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tokoroten",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "心太",
          "ところてん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "心太"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any of the red algae of the genus Gelidium"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "red alga",
          "red alga"
        ],
        [
          "Gelidium",
          "Gelidium#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "agar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agar",
          "agar"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "てんぐさ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟ᵝsa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "天草"
}

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