つかいがって

Japanese

Alternative spelling
使い勝手

Etymology

From 使(つか)い (tsukai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 使(つか)う (tsukau).”) + 勝(かっ)手(て) (katte). The katte changes to gatte as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つかいがって [tsùkáígáꜜttè] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨka̠iɡa̠t̚te̞]

Noun

つかいがって • (tsukaigatte) 

1. usability

   使(つか)い勝(がっ)手(て)が悪(わる)い

   tsukaigatte ga warui

   of poor usability