鳴門

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Chinese

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to cry (of birds)
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
 
trad. (鳴門)
simp. (鸣门)
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳴門 (Naruto).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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鳴門

  1. () Naruto (a city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
な(る)
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
鳴戸
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From Old Japanese.

Compound of 鳴る (naru, to ring, roar, sound) +‎ (to, gate, door).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(なる)() or 鳴門(ナルト) (naruto

  1. a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools
  2. Short for 鳴門巻き (narutomaki): a kamaboko fishcake with a whirlpool design
  3. (cooking) a technique in which ingredients are cut in spiral patterns
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See also

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
な(る)
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
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From Etymology 1 above.

The “edible seaweed” sense is associated with 鳴門若布 (Naruto wakame), which is traditionally made in Naruto, Tokushima.

Proper noun

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(なる)() (Naruto

  1. Short for 鳴門市 (Naruto-shi): A city in northwestern Tokushima Prefecture
  2. Short for 鳴門海峡 (Naruto-kaikyō): Naruto Strait, famous for its eponymous whirlpools
  3. a surname
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Noun

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(なる)() (Naruto

  1. (cooking, colloquial) edible 若布 (wakame) seaweed used for cooking

References

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

Old Japanese

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Etymology

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Compound of 鳴る (naru, to ring, roar, sound) +‎ (to1, gate, door).

Noun

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鳴門 (naruto1) (kana なると)

  1. a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools

Descendants

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  • Japanese: 鳴門, 鳴戸 (naruto)