やぶさめ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
流鏑馬

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やぶさめ [yàbúsámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝsa̠me̞]

Noun

やぶさめ • (yabusame) ←やぶさめ (yabusame)?

  1. Japanese horseback archery
Hypernyms
  • 弓馬術(きゅうばじゅつ) (kyūbajutsu)

Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
藪雨
薮雨
藪鮫
薮鮫

Compound of 藪 (yabu, “bush”) +‎ 雨 (same, “rain”). Literally bush-rain, named after the way that light rainfall falls on a bush.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) やぶさめ [yàbúsámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝsa̠me̞]

Noun

やぶさめ or ヤブサメ • (yabusame) ←やぶさめ (yabusame)?

  1. Asian stubtail, Urosphena squameiceps (a type of Old-World warbler)
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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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