特別区
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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特 | 別 | 区 |
とく Grade: 4 |
べつ Grade: 4 |
く Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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特別區 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of 特別 (tokubetsu, “special”) + 区 (ku, “ward, district”).[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) とくべつく [tòkúbéts
úꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[3][5][4] - (Tokyo) とくべつく [tòkúbéꜜts
ùkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][5] - IPA(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝbe̞t͡sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun edit
特別区 • (tokubetsuku)
- a special ward, a district (a municipal or other geographic administrative area)
- (specifically) one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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