Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
どく
Grade: 5
(ateji)

Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
獨語 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From (どく) (doku, an abbreviation for 独逸(ドイツ) (Doitsu, Germany)) + () (-go, language of). The kanji is an ateji (当て字).

Noun edit

(どく)() or 独語(ドクご) (dokugo

  1. German language; German
    Synonym: ドイツ語 (doitsugo)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

(どく)() (dokugo

  1. talking to oneself
    Synonyms: ひとりごと (hitorigoto), 独白 (dokuhaku)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN