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つぼみ · tsubomi · JLPT N1 · noun
bud
艹 (plant radical) + 畾 (lěi, sound): a plant's unopened bud
The 艹 radical marks it as a plant part, and 畾 supplies the lěi sound. In Japanese it is read つぼみ, the closed bud before the petals open.
つぼみ · tsubomi · JLPT N1 · noun
bud
艹 (plant radical) + 畾 (lěi, sound): a plant's unopened bud
The 艹 radical marks it as a plant part, and 畾 supplies the lěi sound. In Japanese it is read つぼみ, the closed bud before the petals open.