Chinese

Noun

松茸

1. matsutake mushroom

Synonyms

• 松菌 (sōngjùn)
• 松蕈 (sōngxùn)

Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 松 ‎(matsu, “pine”) +‎ 茸 ‎(take, “mushroom”), as it grows under trees (particularly, but not exclusively, pine trees).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) まつたけ [màtsútáké] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) まつた​け [màtsútáꜜkè] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɯᵝta̠ke̞]

Noun

松茸 ‎(hiragana まつたけ, katakana マツタケ, romaji matsutake)

1. matsutake

Derived terms

• Japanese: 姫松茸
• English: matsutake, himematsutake

References

1. 1 2 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