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手締め

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
し > じ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Of () (te, hand) + () (shime, conclusion), the (れん)(よう)(けい) (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

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Noun

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 手締め on Japanese Wikipedia
 Tejime on Wikipedia

()() (tejime

  1. ceremonial hand clapping

Usage notes

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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.

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