悪露

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悪 露
お
Grade: 3
ろ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
惡露 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Note that the reading of the first character does not correspond to the reading used in the Mandarin term 惡露/恶露 (èlù, “lochia”). The reading o corresponds to wù in Mandarin and means "to hate", and the reading aku corresponds to è in Mandarin and means "bad".

Pronunciation

Noun

悪(お)露(ろ) • (oro) ←をろ (woro)?

  1. lochia

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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