擬態語

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
擬 態 語
ぎ
Grade: S 		たい
Grade: 5 		ご
Grade: 2
on'yomi goon

Pronunciation

Noun

擬(ぎ)態(たい)語(ご) • (gitaigo) 

  1. (grammar) an ideophone; a word the sound of which represents something inaudible, a non-auditory sensation, or a psychological state, phenomime

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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