擬態語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬	態	語
ぎ Grade: S	たい Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi		goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎたいご [gìtáígó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲita̠iɡo̞]

Noun

擬(ぎ)態(たい)語(ご) • (gitaigo)

(grammar) an ideophone; a word the sound of which represents something inaudible, a non-auditory sensation, or a psychological state, phenomime

See also

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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