ひめごと

Japanese

Alternative spelling
秘め事

Etymology

From 秘(ひ)め (hime, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 秘(ひ)める (himeru).”) + 事(こと) (koto). The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひめごと [hìmégótó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひめごと [hìméꜜgòtò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çime̞ɡo̞to̞]

Noun

ひめごと • (himegoto) ^{←ひめごと (fimegoto)?}

1. secret