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語呂

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
語 呂
ご
Grade: 2 		ろ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
語路

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

語(ご)呂(ろ) • (goro) 

  1. the ring/sound/feel of an expression/word
    Synonym: 響き (hibiki)
    語呂(ごろ)が悪(わる)い
    goro ga warui
    (a phrase has) a terrible ring to it
  2. mnemonic by homophony or sound similarity

Derived terms edit

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
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