手締め
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 手 | 締 |
| て Grade: 1 |
し > じ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Of 手 (te, “hand”) + 締め (shime, “conclusion”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 締める (“to fasten, close”). The shime changes to jime as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]
- ceremonial hand clapping
Usage notes
[edit]Stylized tejime clapping is sometimes used to signal the ending of a fortunate event, such as a celebration or a successful business negotiation. Common rhythmic patterns are ipponjime – consisting of three claps, a short pause, three claps, a pause, three more claps, another pause, and one final clap – or sanbonjime – three repetitions of the ipponjime pattern.
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 手 read as て
- Japanese terms spelled with 締 read as し
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji