Japanese

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Kanji in this term
とん
Grade: S
きょう
Grade: S
こえ > ごえ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
頓狂聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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頓狂 +‎ , The koe changes to goe as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んきょーご [tòńkyóógóꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tõ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ːɡo̞e̞]

Noun

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(とん)(きょう)(ごえ) or 頓狂声(とんきょごえ) (tonkyōgoe or tonkyogoe

  1. a sudden screaming

References

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