Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちち
Grade: 6

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (chichi, breast) +‎ 押さえ (osae, holding back, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 押さえる osaeru, "to hold back").

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちち)()さえ (chichiosaeちちおさへ (titiosafe)?

  1. bra (brassiere)

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN