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ぬくさん【温さん】 : nukusan | define meaning

nukusan

Pronunciation: [nukusaŋ̍]

Definition

Sa-Adjective

Warm; mild

Etymology

Cognate with Chugoku (Okayama) ぬきい nukii "warm"; Tokushima (Awa) and Kumamoto ぬくい nukui "hot"; Kagoshima ぬき nuki and ぬっか nukka; Amami (Koniya) ぬｸさﾑ nuksam "warm"; Kunigami (Kin) にこーん nikoon; Okinawan ぬくさん nukusan; standard Japanese ぬくい【温い】 nukui "lukewarm".

Spelling

Orthography	Form
Kanji	温さん
Kana	ぬくさん
Romanization	nukusan
Pronunciation (IPA)	[nukusaŋ̍]

意味：あたたかい・あったかい【暖かい・温かい・暖い】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, February 15). ぬくさん【温さん】 : nukusan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 5, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4500/nukusan/.