でんでん太鼓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	鼓
たい > だい Grade: 2	こ Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of でんでん (denden, sound of a drum beating) +‎ 太鼓 (taiko, “a kind of drum”).

The taiko changes to daiko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) でんでんだ​いこ [dèńdéńdáꜜìkò] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ndẽ̞nda̠iko̞]

Noun

でんでん太(だい)鼓(こ) • (denden-daiko) 

1. pellet drum (as a children's toy)

   Synonym: (as a formal instrument) 振鼓 (furitsuzumi)

See also

• 豆(まめ)太鼓(だいこ) (mamedaiko)