わかちがき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
分かち書き 分ち書き 分書 別ち書き わかち書き

Etymology

From 分(わ)かち (wakachi, “dividing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)かつ (wakatsu, “to divide”).”) + 書(か)き (kaki, “writing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”).”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わかちがき [wàkáchígákí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠t͡ɕiɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

わかちがき • (wakachigaki) ^{←わかちがき (wakatigaki)?}

1. writing as separate words, found for example in Japanese children's books or video games, or the modern orthography for the Korean language