頬っ辺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頬	辺
ほお > ほっ Hyōgai	へた > ぺた Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
頰っ邊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Alteration of 頬辺 (hōbeta).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほっぺた [hòppéꜜtà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞p̚pe̞ta̠]

Noun

頬(ほ)っ辺(ぺた) • (hoppeta)

cheek area, cheek

Synonyms

頬(ほお) (hō), 頬(ほほ) (hoho)
頬(ほ)っぺ (hoppe)

Derived terms

頬(ほ)っ辺(ぺた)が落(お)ちる (hoppeta ga ochiru, “(idiomatic) find something so tasty that one's cheeks fall”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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