つくえ

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
机
案 (rare)

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

つくえ • (tsukue) ←つくえ (tukue)?[n 1]

  1. desk; table
    机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に本(ほん)が三(さん)冊(さつ)ある。
    Tsukue no ue ni hon ga sansatsu aru.
    There are three books on the desk.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In pre-WWII literature, the historical kana spelling was mistaken to be つくゑ. Sources from the Heian period show つくえ, which is now accepted as correct.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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