みだしなみ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
身嗜み 身だしなみ

Etymology

From 身(み) (mi) + 嗜(たしな)み (tashinami, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 嗜(たしな)む (tashinamu).”). The tashinami changes to dashinami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みだしなみ [mìdáshínámí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲida̠ɕina̠mʲi]

Noun

みだしなみ • (midashinami) ^{←みだしなみ (midasinami)?}

1. personal grooming, attention to one's appearance