Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1
ぶつ
Grade: 3
と > ど
Grade: 2
けい
Grade: 2
on'yomi irregular

Etymology

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From 生物 (biological) +‎ 時計 (clock). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ーぶつどけー [sèébútsúdóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨdo̞ke̞ː]

Noun

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(せい)(ぶつ)()(けい) (seibutsudokei

  1. biological clock
    Synonym: 体内時計

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN