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砂漠
砂漠
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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砂 | 漠 |
さ Grade: 6 |
ばく Grade: S |
on'yomi |
Alternative forms
- 沙漠 (sabaku)
Etymology
From Middle Chinese /*ʂamɑk̚/ > Japanese /*sabaku/.
Pronunciation
Noun
砂漠 (hiragana さばく, romaji sabaku)
- desert (barren area)
References
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.