Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
くつ
Grade: S
した
Grade: 1
と > ど
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 靴下 (kutsushita, sock) +‎ 留め (tome, stopping, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 留める tomeru, "to stop"). The tome changes to dome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) たどめ [kùtsúshítádómé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) たどめ [kùtsúshítádóméꜜ] (Odaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡sɨᵝɕi̥ta̠do̞me̞]

Noun edit

(くつ)(した)() (kutsushitadome

  1. garter, suspender

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN