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Japanese
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| 圈點 (kyūjitai)
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春美ちゃんもしかしてフラメンコと勘違いしてない？
Harumi-chan moshi ka shite FURAMENKO to kanchigai shite nai?
Harumi-chan, are you confusing them with FLAMENCO?
本当にお嬢様は手の届かない存在でした
Hontō ni o-jō-sama wa TE NO TODOKA NAI sonzai deshita
In actuality, Miss was always somewhere I COULD NEVER REACH.
「足腰をきたえてあいつをぶん投げてみたかったんだ」
“Ashikoshi o kitaete AITSU o bunnagete mita kattan da”
“I trained my legs ‘cos I wanted to beat HIM in wrestling”
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Etymology
圏 (“circle; enclosure”) + 点 (“dot; point”), specifically an unfilled circle (◦ or ○).
Pronunciation
Noun
圏点 • (kenten)
- (obsolete, orthography) Synonym of 半濁点 (handakuten)
1905 June, 黃山 片岡, “半濁音の符 [Noting Semi-Muddy Sounds]”, in 黃山著作集, Saitama: Suharaya, page 26:
- 半濁音は、假字の右肩に一箇の圈點（゜）を附して、半濁音の符となす、次ぎの例を見る可し、
- Handakuon wa, kana no migikata ni ikko no kenten () o fushite, handakuon no fu to nasu, tsugi no rei o miru beshi,
- A ‘semi-muddy sound’ is noted by attaching a circle (゜) to the right shoulder of a kana, as seen in the following examples,
- (typography) an emphasis point, a dot or similar mark attached to a character to display emphasis
- Synonyms: 傍点 (bōten), 脇点 (wakiten)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
