わかづくり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
若作り 若づくり

Etymology

From 若(わか) (waka-) + 作(つく)り (tsukuri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 作(つく)る (tsukuru).”). The tsukuri changes to zukuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わかづ​くり [wàkázúꜜkùrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠zɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

わかづくり • (wakazukuri) ^{←わかづくり (wakadukuri)?}

1. making one appear younger than one is