おさなごころ

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
幼心
幼な心
おさな心

Etymology edit

From (おさな)- (osana-) + (こころ) (kokoro). The kokoro changes to gokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) さなごころ [òsánágóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞sa̠na̠ɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun edit

おさなごころ (osanagokoroをさなごころ (wosanagokoro)?

  1. child-like innocent heart

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN