荒布

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荒布

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From Old Japanese 荒海藻 (arame₂), consisted from 荒 (ara, “violent, intense, rough”) + 海布 (me₂, “kelp, sea weed”). Compare 和布(にきめ) (nikime, “soft seaweeds like wakame”).

• (Tokyo) あらめ [àrámé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) あら​め [àráꜜmè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠me̞]

荒(あら)布(め) or 荒布(アラメ) • (arame) 

1. arame (Ecklonia bicyclis, syn. Eisenia bicyclis)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アラメ.

• 海布(め) (me, “kelp, sea weed”)
• 若布(わかめ) (wakame, “wakame (edible seaweed)”)
• 和布(にきめ) (nikime, “wakame; soft cloth”)