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benihana

/bˌɛnɪhˈɑnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
beni-hana
IPA
/bˌɛnɪhˈɑnə/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aerial trick where one hand grabs the tail of the board, and the back foot is released from the board.

Etymology

Named after the Benihana restaurant chain, from Japanese 紅花 (“safflower”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

benihanas (plural)

Rhymes With

gonna wanna marijuana ana donna madonna rihanna nirvana mana guyana botswana haryana

Questions

How do you pronounce benihana?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˌɛnɪhˈɑnə/.
What does benihana mean?
An aerial trick where one hand grabs the tail of the board, and the back foot is released from the board.
Where does benihana come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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