Japanese

Noun

椎茸 ‎(hiragana しいたけ, katakana シイタケ, romaji shītake, historical hiragana しひたけ)

1. A type of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes, the shiitake mushroom.

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 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