"糸蜻蛉" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ito̞tõ̞mbo̞] Forms: 糸蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: (いと), 蜻蛉(とんぼ)), 糸蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 糸蜻蛉(イトトンボ)), itotonbo [romanization]
Etymology: From 糸 (ito, “thread”) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓)). Etymology templates: {{sortkey|ja|糸蜻蛉}} いととんほ', {{juku}} jukujikun (熟字訓), {{com|ja|糸|蜻蛉|pos2=jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)|t1=thread|t2=dragonfly|tr1=ito|tr2=tonbo}} 糸 (ito, “thread”) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いととんぼ|イトトンボ}} 糸(いと)蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 糸蜻蛉(イトトンボ) • (itotonbo)
  1. a damselfly Wikipedia link: ja:イトトンボ

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for 糸蜻蛉 meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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