ほおづえ

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
頬杖

Etymology

From (ほお) (, cheek) + (つえ) (tsue, cane). The tsue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

ほおづえ (hōzueほほづゑ (fofodwe)?

  1. resting one's face on one's hands

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN