滑舌
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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滑 | 舌 |
かつ Grade: S |
ぜつ Grade: 6 |
on'yomi |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
edit*/kwatu zetu/ → /kwat͡su zet͡su/ → /kat͡su zet͡su/
Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 滑舌 (hwɛt + zyet, literally “slippery, smooth + tongue”).
Alternatively, may have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 滑 (katsu, “smooth”) + 舌 (zetsu, “tongue”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit滑舌 • (katsuzetsu) ←くわつぜつ (kwatuzetu)?
- enunciation
- 主人公の俳優は滑舌が悪くて、台詞があまり聞き取れなかったね。
- Shujinkō no haiyū wa katsuzetsu ga warukute, serifu ga amari kikitorenakatta ne.
- The actor playing the lead character had bad enunciation, and I couldn't quite hear his lines.
- 主人公の俳優は滑舌が悪くて、台詞があまり聞き取れなかったね。
Usage notes
editGenerally used to describe the speech of a stage actor or television presenter.[2]
References
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 滑 read as かつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 舌 read as ぜつ
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with わ
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms with usage examples