猫舌
Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 猫 | 舌 |
| ねこ Grade: S |
した > じた Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 舌 (neko, “cat”) + 舌 (shita, “tongue”). The shita changes to jita as an instance of rendaku (連濁). First cited to a work from 1648.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) ねこじた [nèkójítá] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4][5]
- (Tokyo) ねこじた [nèkóꜜjìtà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][4][5]
- IPA(key): [ne̞ko̞ʑita̠]
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) The inability to eat or drink anything hot due to one having an overly sensitive tongue.
- (idiomatic) A person with this condition.
References
[edit]- ^ “猫舌”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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