🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
あばた【痘痕】 : abata | define meaning
abata
Definition
Noun
- Pockmark
- かおにあばたがのこってしまった【顔に痘痕が残ってしまった】
kao ni abata ga nokotte shimatta
"[His] face unfortunately remained pockmarked" - あばたもうけぼ【痘痕も靨・痘痕も笑窪】
abata mo ekubo
"Love is blind", "Love sees no faults",
"To lovers, even pockmarks seem like dimples"
- かおにあばたがのこってしまった【顔に痘痕が残ってしまった】
Etymology
Borrowed from the Sanskrit word अर्बुद arbuda "swelling; mass; tumour; growth". Historically transliterated as 【頞浮陀】 abuda, a form still used in Amakusa (Kumamoto), but which later became あぼた abota and いぼた ibota in Kanagawa, and あばた【痘痕】 abata elsewhere in Japan. The meaning of "pockmark" came from associating the word with the scarring left by smallpox.
意味：あばた・とうこん【痘痕】