でんぐり返り

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かえ > がえ
Grade: 3

Etymology edit

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb でんぐり返る (dengurigaeru, to turn over; to somersault; to be head over heels, to be in disarray, to be very confused).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) んぐりがえり [dèńgúrígáꜜèrì] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [dẽ̞ŋɡɯ̟ᵝɾʲiɡa̠e̞ɾʲi]

Noun edit

でんぐり(がえ) (dengurigaeri

  1. the act of turning something over or turning something upside-down
  2. a somersault (either forwards or backwards)

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

でんぐり(がえ)する (dengurigaeri surusuru (stem でんぐり(がえ) (dengurigaeri shi), past でんぐり(がえ)した (dengurigaeri shita))

  1. to somersault

Usage notes edit

When used as a verb, this term often takes the object particle (o), as でんぐり返りする.

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References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN