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yamanba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ya-man-ba
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mountain hag in Japanese folklore.

noun

A Japanese fashion style with dark skin, bleached or dyed hair, and bright white and light-colored makeup around the eyes and lips.

Etymology

From Japanese やまんば.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: やまんば

Inflected Forms

yamanbas (plural)

Questions

What does yamanba mean?
A mountain hag in Japanese folklore.
Where does yamanba come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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