五十嵐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あらし > がらし
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jukujikun kun’yomi

Etymology

Originally a compound of 五十 (i-, fifty, combining form) + (ga, Old Japanese genitive particle) + (arashi, storm), with the initial a of arashi dropped due to lack of vowel clusters in Old Japanese, hence the literal meaning "fifty storms".

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らし [ìgáꜜràshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [iɡa̠ɾa̠ɕi]

Proper noun

五十()(がらし) (Igarashi) 

  1. a surname
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