Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ねん
Grade: 4
goon
Alternative spelling
念の為に

Etymology edit

Literally “for the sake of feeling”.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) んのために [nèń nó támé ní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) んのため [nèń nó táméꜜ nì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nẽ̞n no̞ ta̠me̞ ɲ̟i]

Adverb edit

(ねん)ため (nen no tame ni

  1. just in case, to be on the safe side

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN