夕方

JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
夕	方
ゆう Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

a view on the sky in early evening (yūgata)

PronunciationEdit

(Tokyo) ゆうがた [yùúgátá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːɡa̠ta̠]

NounEdit

夕(ゆう)方(がた) • (yūgata) ^{←ゆふがた (yufugata)^?} (alternative reading hiragana ゆうかた, rōmaji yūkata, historical hiragana ゆふかた)

early evening

SynonymsEdit

(Kagoshima) あこくろもと (akokuromoto)
(Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Okinawa) あこーくる (akōkuru)

AntonymsEdit

朝方(あさがた) (asagata, “morning”)

ReferencesEdit

^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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