砂糖黍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砂 糖 黍
さ
Grade: 6		 とう
Grade: 6		 きび
Hyōgaiji

Etymology

砂糖 (satō, “sugar”) +‎ 黍 (kibi, “proso millet”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さと​ーきび [sàtóꜜòkìbì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) さとーき​び [sàtóókíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [sa̠to̞ːkʲibʲi]

Noun

砂糖黍 (hiragana さとうきび, katakana サトウキビ, rōmaji satōkibi, historical hiragana さたうきび)

  1. sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)
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