戸惑い
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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戸 | 惑 |
と Grade: 2 |
まど Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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戶惑い (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
From the idea that in the middle of the night, a half-asleep person might get confused and enter the wrong room.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) とまどい [tòmádóí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) とまどい [tòmádóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA(key): [to̞ma̠do̞i]
Noun edit
戸惑い • (tomadoi) ←とまどひ (tomadofi)?
- getting lost, losing one's bearings
- discomfort, embarrassment
- confusion, perplexity
- wonderment
See also edit
References edit
- ^ https://zatsuneta.com/archives/006546.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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