響き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
響
ひび Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
響き (kyūjitai)

Noun

響(ひび)き • (hibiki) 

1. echo, sound, reverberation, noise
2. the ring/sound/feel of an expression/word

   響(ひび)きが悪(わる)い名前(なまえ)

   hibiki ga warui namae

   a name that sounds bad

Synonyms

• (ring of a word): 語呂(ごろ) (goro)

Related terms

• 響(ひび)く (hibiku): to echo

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.