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Japanese
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| 戶惑い (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From the idea that in the middle of the night, a half-asleep person might get confused and enter the wrong room.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
戸惑い • (tomadoi) ←とまどひ (tomadofi)?
- getting lost, losing one's bearings
- discomfort, embarrassment
- confusion, perplexity
- wonderment
See also
References
- ^ https://zatsuneta.com/archives/006546.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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