靴下留め

Japanese
Kanji in this term
靴 下 留
くつ
Grade: S		 した
Grade: 1		 と > ど
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 靴下 (kutsushita, “sock”) +‎ 留め (tome, “stopping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 留める tomeru, "to stop"). The tome changes to dome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

靴下留め (hiragana くつしたどめ, rōmaji kutsushitadome)

  1. garter, suspender

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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