赤とんぼ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
赤
あか
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 赤トンボ

Etymology

From 赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + とんぼ (tonbo, “dragonfly”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あかと​んぼ [àkátóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

赤(あか)とんぼ • (akatonbo) 

  1. red dragonfly (generic term)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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