目覚まし時計
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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目 | 覚 | 時 | 計 |
め Grade: 1 |
さ > ざ Grade: 4 |
と > ど Grade: 2 |
けい Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi | Irregular |
Etymology
Compound of 目覚まし (mezamashi, “waking, wakeup”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 目覚ます (mezamasu, “to wake up”).) + 時計 (tokei, “clock”).[1][2] The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Alternative forms
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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