語呂合わせ

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
語	呂	合
ご Grade: 2	ろ Grade: S	あ Grade: 2
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology edit

語呂(ごろ) (goro, “sound of an expression or word”) + 合(あ)わせ (awase, “joining together”)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ごろあわせ [gòróáꜜwàsè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɾo̞a̠ɰᵝa̠se̞]

Noun edit

語(ご)呂(ろ)合(あ)わせ • (goroawase) ^{←ごろあはせ (goroafase)^?}

pun, play on words
Synonyms: 駄洒落 (dajare), 地口 (jiguchi), 口合い (kuchiai)

Hypernyms: 洒落 (share), 冗談 (jōdan)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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