口溶け

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	溶
くち Grade: 1	と > ど Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”) + 溶(と)け (toke, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 溶(と)ける (tokeru, “melt”).). The toke changes to doke as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕido̞ke̞]

Adjective

口(くち)溶(ど)け • (kuchidoke) 

1. melt in the mouth