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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: S
がく
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Compound of (byō, cat) +‎ (gaku, forehead).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(びょう)(がく) (byōgakuべうがく (beugaku)?

  1. cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's forehead

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ねこ
Grade: S
ひたい > びたい
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Compound of (neko, cat) +‎ (hitai, forehead). The hitai changes to bitai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ねこ)(びたい) (nekobitaiねこびたひ (nekobitafi)?

  1. smallness

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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