物狂い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	狂
もの Grade: 3	くる > ぐる Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 物(もの) (mono) + 狂(くる)い (kurui). The kurui changes to gurui as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ものぐ​るい [mònógúꜜrùì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

物(もの)狂(ぐる)い • (monogurui) ^{←ものぐるひ (monogurufi)?}

1. insanity

Derived terms

• 死(し)に物狂(ものぐる)い (shinimonogurui)