Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
なみ
Grade: 3
けい
Grade: 6
ほう
Grade: 5

Etymology edit

Compound of 津波 (tsunami, tidal wave) +‎ 警報 (keihō, alarm).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) なみけーほー [tsùnámí kéꜜèhòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝna̠mʲi ke̞ːho̞ː]

Noun edit

()(なみ)(けい)(ほう) (tsunami keihō

  1. a tsunami warning

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN