ワン切り

Japanese edit

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ワン切り

Kanji in this term
切
き > ぎ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

ワン (wan, “one”) +‎ 切り (kiri, “hanging up”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ワンぎり [wàńgírí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝã̠ŋʲɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun edit

ワン切(ぎ)り • (wangiri)

The act of calling someone and then immediately hanging up, in the hope that the recipient of the call will call back.

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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