こまぎれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
細切れ 小間切れ こま切れ

Etymology

From 細(こま) (koma-) + 切(き)れ (kire). The kire changes to gire as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こまぎれ [kòmágíré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠ɡʲiɾe̞]

Noun

こまぎれ • (komagire) 

1. being cut into strips