いどころ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
居所

Etymology

From 居(い) (i, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 居(い)る (iru).”) + 所(ところ) (tokoro). The tokoro changes to dokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いどころ [ìdókóró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ido̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

いどころ • (idokoro) ^{←ゐどころ (widokoro)?}

1. dwelling

Derived terms

• 虫(むし)の居所(いどころ)が悪(わる)い (mushi no idokoro ga warui)