かんどころ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
勘所 肝所 甲所

Etymology

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The tokoro changes to dokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんどころ [kàńdókóró] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かんどころ [kàńdóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ndo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

かんどころ • (kandokoro) ^{←かんどころ (kandokoro)?}

1. important part; crux