Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うわ
Grade: 1
か > が
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compound of (uwa, over; above) +‎ 書き (kaki, write). The kaki changes to gaki due to rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(うわ)() (uwagakiうはがき (ufagaki)?

  1. superscription
  2. overwriting

Verb edit

(うわ)()する (uwagaki suruうはがき (ufagaki)?suru (stem (うわ)() (uwagaki shi), past (うわ)()した (uwagaki shita))

  1. to address; to superscribe
  2. to overwrite

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN