滑舌
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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滑 | 舌 |
かつ Grade: S |
ぜつ Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
*/kwatu zetu/ → /kwat͡su zet͡su/ → /kat͡su zet͡su/
Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 滑舌 (hwɛt + zyet, literally “slippery, smooth + tongue”).
Alternatively, may have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 滑 (katsu, “smooth”) + 舌 (zetsu, “tongue”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
滑舌 • (katsuzetsu) ←くわつぜつ (kwatuzetu)?
- enunciation
- 主人公の俳優は滑舌が悪くて、台詞があまり聞き取れなかったね。
- Shujinkō no haiyū wa katsuzetsu ga warukute, serifu ga amari kikitorenakatta ne.
- The actor playing the lead character had bad enunciation, and I couldn't quite hear his lines.
- 主人公の俳優は滑舌が悪くて、台詞があまり聞き取れなかったね。
Usage notes edit
Generally used to describe the speech of a stage actor or television presenter.[2]
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN