かわりだね

Japanese

Alternative spellings
変わり種 変り種

Etymology

From 変(か)わり (kawari, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 変(か)わる (kawaru).”) + 種(たね) (tane). The tane changes to dane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわりだね [kàwárídáné] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かわりだ​ね [kàwárídáꜜnè] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲida̠ne̞]

Noun

かわりだね • (kawaridane) ^{←かはりだね (kafaridane)?}

1. that which is out of the ordinary