替え玉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
替 玉
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Grade: S 		たま > だま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
替玉

Etymology

Compound of 替(か)え (kae, “change, substitute”) + 玉(たま) (tama, “ball, jewel → character, bowl”).

The tama changes to dama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

替(か)え玉(だま) • (kaedama) ←かへだま (kafedama)?

  1. a replacement, substitute
  2. a proxy, double
  3. a serving or bowl of ramen noodles (added to already purchased ramen, as to finish the remaining soup)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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