Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) きくきん [kìkúkíń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲikɯᵝkʲĩɴ]

Noun

麹菌 ‎(hiragana きくきん, romaji kikukin)

1. aspergillus

Synonyms

• 麹黴 (こうじかび) ‎(kōjikabi), アスペルギルス ‎(asuperugirusu)

Etymology 2

麴 ‎(kōji, “malt”) +‎ 菌 ‎(kin, “fungus”)

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) こうじきん [kòójíkíń] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) こうじ​きん [kòójíꜜkìǹ] (Nakadaka - [3])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːd͡ʑikʲĩɴ]

Noun

麹菌 ‎(hiragana こうじきん, romaji kōjikin, historical hiragana かうじきん)

1. aspergillus

References

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