"天草" meaning in Japanese

See 天草 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [a̠ma̠kɯ̟sa̠] Forms: 天草 [canonical] (ruby: 天(あま), 草(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”) 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, Japan, Places in Japan, Places in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
    Sense id: en-天草-ja-name-g1pK0i4M Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  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 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 31 40 22 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟sa̠] Forms: 天草 [canonical] (ruby: 天(てん), 草(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”), {{rendaku2|kusa|gusa|sort=てんぐさ}} The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁). 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 Synonyms: 心太
    Sense id: en-天草-ja-noun-8WOw3B0- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Red algae Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 64 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 31 46 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 24 53 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 19 24 52 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 24 50 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 21 27 47 5 Disambiguation of Red algae: 4 5 89 2
  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
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Download raw JSONL data for 天草 meaning in Japanese (4.6kB)

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