榎茸

Japanese
榎茸 (enokitake): enoki mushrooms growing on a tree.
Kanji in this term
榎 茸
えのき
Jinmeiyō		 たけ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 榎 (enoki, “Chinese hackberry tree”) +‎ 茸 (take, “mushroom”),[1][2] as this mushroom can often be found growing on the Chinese hackberry tree.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えのき​たけ [ènókíꜜtàkè] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [e̞no̞kʲita̠ke̞]

Noun

榎(えのき)茸(たけ) or 榎茸(えのきだけ) • (enokitake or enokidake) 

  1. an edible mushroom, the velvet shank or enokitake: Flammulina velutipes

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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