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あま
Meanings
Noun
Colloquialism
1. nun
2. bitch
3. Amagasaki, Hyogo
abbr. 尼崎
4. Amazon (online retailer)
Alt. forms
尼
あま
79%
阿
あ
魔
ま
18%
アマ
1%
あま
Pitch accent
あ
ま
あ
ま
Composed of
あ
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan);
(arch.)
prefixed to names to show intimacy
ま
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
あま
ほうし
nun
あま
さぎ
cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
あま
っこ
native of Amagasaki;
(arch.)
bitch
ちょうあいこうじて
あま
に
する
to love one's child too much for their own good;
(lit.)
to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
あま
っちょ
bitch
あま
みだいどころ
minister or general's wife who became a nun