ひとりがち

Japanese

Alternative spellings
一人勝ち 独り勝ち ひとり勝ち

Etymology

From 一人(ひとり) (hitori) + 勝(か)ち (kachi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 勝(か)つ (katsu).”). The kachi changes to gachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひとりがち [hìtórígáchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞ɾʲiɡa̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

ひとりがち • (hitorigachi) ^{←ひとりがち (fitorigati)?}

1. (competition) being the lone winner