目覚まし時計

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目覚まし時計 (mezamashidokei): an alarm clock.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さ > ざ
Grade: 4
とき > ど
Grade: 2
けい
Grade: 2
kun'yomi irregular kan'on
Alternative spellings
目覺まし時計 (kyūjitai)
目覚し時計

Etymology

Compound of 目覚まし (mezamashi, waking, wakeup, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 目覚(めざ)ます (mezamasu, to wake someone up).) +‎ 時計 (tokei, clock). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()()まし()(けい) (mezamashidokei

  1. alarm clock

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN