秒読み

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
秒讀み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (byō, second) +‎ 読み (yomi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 読む (yomu, to count)). Literally, counting seconds.

Pronunciation

Noun

(びょう)() (byōyomiべうよみ (beuyomi)?

  1. (board games) byoyomi, a system of time control in some board games, especially go and shogi, in which the player is assigned a number of additional periods (of a fixed time per move) when their initial allotted time runs out

Descendants

  • English: byoyomi
  • Chinese: 讀秒 / 读秒 (dúmiǎo)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN