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松ぼっくり (まつぼっくり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

松まつぼっくり

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

The seed-bearing cone of a pine tree. The word is a compound of 松 (pine) and ぼっくり (a mimetic word for something round and lumpy).

See also: 松かさ

公こう園えんで大おおきな松まつぼっくりを拾ひろった。
I picked up a big pinecone in the park.
松まつぼっくりは乾かん

燥そう

する

と

開ひら

く

。

Pinecones open when they dry.

Written forms

松まつぼっくりUsage42%
Standard modern spelling; the most common written form.
まつぼっくりUsage58%
Kana spelling is common and avoids rare kanji.
松毬
rarely-used kanji form
- まつぼっくり
  Rare kanji form; the character 毬 is not commonly used.
- まつふぐり
  rarely-used kana form
- まつぼくり
  rarely-used kana form
松陰嚢
rarely-used kanji form
- まつぼっくり
  Very rare kanji form; 陰嚢 means 'scrotum', reflecting a humorous or old-fashioned name for pinecone.
- まつふぐり
  rarely-used kana form
- まつぼくり
  rarely-used kana form
まつふぐり
rarely-used kana form
まつぼくり
rarely-used kana form

Kanji

松pine tree
毬burr, ball
陰shade, yin, negative
嚢

Similar words

松まつかさ
Also means pinecone, but 松かさ is less common and more literary or old-fashioned. 松ぼっくり is the everyday word.

Etymology

Compound of 松 (matsu, 'pine') + ぼっくり (bokkuri), a mimetic word for something round and lumpy. The reading まつぼっくり is the standard modern form; variants like まつぼくり and まつふぐり are older or dialectal.

pouch, purse, bag