ひっぱりだこ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
引っ張り凧
引っ張り蛸 (rare)
引っ張りだこ (most common)

Etymology

From ()() (hippari) + たこ (tako). The tako changes to dako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

ひっぱりだこ (hippari-dako

  1. in great demand

References

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