由緒書き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
由	緒	書
ゆい Grade: 3	しょ Grade: S	か > が Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
由緖書き (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 由緒 (yuisho, “history”) +‎ 書き (kaki, “writing”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆいしょがき [yùíshógákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟iɕo̞ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

由(ゆい)緒(しょ)書(が)き • (yuisho-gaki) ^{←ゆいしよがき (yuisyo-gaki)?}

1. document/text describing something/someone's origins