なでがた

Japanese

Alternative spellings
撫で肩 なで肩

Etymology

From 撫(な)で (nade, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 撫(な)でる (naderu).”) + 肩(かた) (kata). The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なでがた [nàdégátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠de̞ɡa̠ta̠]

Noun

なでがた • (nadegata) ^{←なでがた (nadegata)?}

1. sloping shoulder

Coordinate terms

• 怒(いか)り肩(がた) (ikarigata)