かけことば

Japanese

Alternative spellings
掛け詞 (less common) 掛詞 (most common) 懸け詞 (less common) 懸詞

Etymology

From 掛(か)け (kake, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru).”) + 詞(ことば) (kotoba).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かけこ​とば [kàkékóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ke̞ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

かけことば • (kakekotoba) ^{←かけことば (kakekotoba)?}

1. pivot word (a form of punning in traditional Japanese poetry)