日本放送協会

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
にち > にっ
Grade: 1
ほん > ぽん
Grade: 1
ほう
Grade: 3
そう
Grade: 3
きょう
Grade: 4
かい
Grade: 2
goon on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
日本放送協會 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Literally the “Japan Broadcasting Association”.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) っぽんほーそーきょーかい [nìppóń hóósóó kyóꜜòkàì] (Nakadaka – [9])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ip̚põ̞ɰ̃ ho̞ːso̞ː kʲo̞ːka̠i]

Proper noun edit

(にっ)(ぽん)(ほう)(そう)(きょう)(かい) (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai

  1. the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)

References edit

  1. ^ にっぽん‐ほうそうきょうかい[‥ハウソウケフクヮイ] 【日本放送協会】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)  [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)