ぞうきんがけ

Japanese

edit
Alternative spellings
雑巾掛け
雑巾掛
雑巾がけ

Etymology

edit

From 雑巾(ぞうきん) (zōkin) + () (kake). The kake changes to gake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

edit
  • (Tokyo) ーきんがけ [zòókíńgáké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zo̞ːkʲĩŋɡa̠ke̞]

Noun

edit

ぞうきんがけ (zōkin-gakeざふきんがけ (zafukin-gake)?

  1. wiping down the floor with a rag

Verb

edit

ぞうきんがけする (zōkin-gake suruざふきんがけ (zafukin-gake)?suru (stem ぞうきんがけ (zōkin-gakesuru shi), past ぞうきんがけした (zōkin-gakesuru shita))

  1. to wipe down the floor with a rag

Conjugation

edit

References

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