Japanese

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Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
と > ど
Grade: 2
けい
Grade: 2
on'yomi irregular kan'on

Etymology

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Compound of (げん)() (genshi) + ()(けい) (tokei). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(げん)()()(けい) (genshidokei

  1. atomic clock (not to be confused with radio clock)

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