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あさ
Grade: 2
ふ > ぶ
Grade: 2
(ateji)

Grade: S
(ateji)
kun'yomi goon

Etymology

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(あさ) (asa, morning) + 風呂(ふろ) (furo, bath). The furo changes to buro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あさ)()() (asaburo

  1. morning bath; usually considered a luxury taken at an onsen (hot spring resort)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Hokkien: (Taiwan, semantic shift) 阿沙不魯 / 阿沙不鲁 (a-sa-puh-luh, messy; crude)
  • Mandarin: (Taiwan, semantic shift) 阿薩布魯 / 阿萨布鲁 (āsàbùlǔ, messy; crude)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN