うつりが

Japanese

Alternative spelling
移り香

Etymology

From 移(うつ)り (utsuri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 移(うつ)る (utsuru).”) + 香(か) (ka). The ka changes to ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うつりが [ùtsúríꜜgà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) うつりが [ùtsúrígá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟t͡sɨɾʲiɡa̠]

Noun

うつりが • (utsuriga) ^{←うつりが (uturiga)?}

1. smell that has transferred onto something else