Japanese

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Alternative spelling
神頼み

Etymology

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From (かみ) (kami) + (たの) (tanomi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (たの) (tanomu).). The tanomi changes to danomi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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かみだのみ (kamidanomi

  1. asking the gods for help

References

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  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN