ぎなた読み

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Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
ぎなた讀み (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally "ginata-reading".

From the misparsing of the phrase

(べん)(けい)なぎなた()
Benkei ga naginata o motte
Benkei held a naginata

as

(べん)(けい)がな、ぎなた()
Benkei ga na, ginata o motte
Benkei, he was holding a ginata

Pronunciation

Noun

ぎなた() (ginata-yomi

  1. misparsing of a phrase; rebracketing

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN