隠元

Japanese
Kanji in this term
隠 元
いん
Grade: S		 げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
隱元 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) い​んげん [íꜜǹgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

隠(いん)元(げん) or 隠元(インゲン) • (ingen) ←いんげん (ingen)?

  1. Short for 隠元豆 (ingen-mame, “common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)”).

Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References
  1. 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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