笑顔
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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笑 | 顔 |
え Grade: 4 |
かお > がお Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
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笑顏 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of 笑 (e, “smiling; laughing”) + 顔 (kao, “face”).[1][2] The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.