松葉杖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松	葉	杖
まつ Grade: 4	は > ば Grade: 3	つえ > づえ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

松葉 (matsuba, “pine needle”) +‎ 杖 (tsue, “cane”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まつばづえ [màtsúbázúꜜè] (Nakadaka – [4])
- IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝba̠zɨᵝe̞]

Noun

松葉杖 (hiragana まつばづえ, rōmaji matsubazue, historical hiragana まつばづゑ)

a crutch (device to assist in motion as a cane)

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