Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さい
Grade: 5
けい
Grade: 6
ほう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 火災 (kasai, fire, conflagration) +‎ 警報 (keihō, warning, alarm).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) さいけーほー [kàsáí kéꜜèhòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠sa̠i ke̞ːho̞ː]

Noun

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()(さい)(けい)(ほう) (kasai keihō

  1. (firefighting) a fire alarm, a fire alert, a fire warning (a sound, not a device)

Derived terms

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References

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  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN