はやしことば

Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
囃子詞

Etymology edit

From 囃子(はやし) (hayashi) + (ことば) (kotoba).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) やしことば [hàyáshíkóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠ɕiko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun edit

はやしことば (hayashi-kotobaはやしことば (fayasikotoba)?

  1. (music) Traditional exclamations used to keep rhythm.

Hypernyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ はやし‐ことば 【囃子詞】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)  [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)