つむじ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
旋毛
旋風

Etymology

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The sense of "whirlwind" is derived from the sense of "hair whorl".

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つむじ [tsùmújí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

つむじ • (tsumuji) ←つむじ (tumuzi)?

  1. 旋毛: hair whorl
  2. 旋風: whirlwind

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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