Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こころ
Grade: 2
つか > づか
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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(こころ) (kokoro, heart) + (つか) (tsukai, worrying). The tsukai changes to zukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こころ)(づか) (kokorozukaiこころづかひ (kokorodukafi)?

  1. consideration, anxiety

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