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19 昆布 Konbu

Alternative Meanings

Kombu, Konbu Seaweed, Kombu Seaweed

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

こんぶ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

こぶ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

昆布でだしを取りました。

I made broth with kombu.

昆布と若布のちがいを教えてください。

Please tell me the difference between wakame seaweed and konbu seaweed.

「よくも私に対して昆布を投げつけてくれたわね。」「ごめん。そんな大ごとだとは思わなかったんだよ。」

"How dare you throw konbu seaweed at me!" "I’m sorry. I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal."

Meaning Explanation

This one is pretty weird. The cloth of our descendants is konbu. This is a type of seaweed that is very common in Japan. It is used in foods and in broths. It is everywhere, and delicious. If you're not familiar with it already this may be a hard word to learn, but I believe in you. Maybe if you read up on konbu for a bit it will help you to remember your descendants' cloth.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. The 布 part gets changed to ぶ, probably because if a food doesn't have konbu you say boo (ぶ).

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