三箇日
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 三 | 箇 | 日 |
| さん Grade: 1 |
か > が Grade: S |
にち Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | ||
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 三が日 三ヶ日 |
Etymology edit
Literally the “three days”. 箇 (ka) is a counter for items suffixed to Sino-Japanese numerals. The -ka changes to -ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) さんがにち [sàńgáꜜnìchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) さんがにち [sàńgáníchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [sã̠ŋɡa̠ɲ̟it͡ɕi]
Proper noun edit
三箇日 • (San ga Nichi)
- the first three days of the first month, corresponding to January 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the modern Japanese calendar
See also edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN