松葉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松	葉
まつ Grade: 4	は > ば Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

松 (matsu, “pine”) +‎ 葉 (ha, “leaf”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まつば [máꜜtsùbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝba̠]

Noun

松葉 (hiragana まつば, rōmaji matsuba)

pine needle

Derived terms

松葉崩 (まつばくず)し (matsubakuzushi, “a sex position in which a man sits astride one of the woman's legs whilst holding up the other”)
松 (まつ)葉 (ば)杖 (づえ) (matsubazue)

Proper noun

松葉 (hiragana まつば, rōmaji Matsuba)

A place name.
A surname.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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