柱時計

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
柱 時 計
はしら
Grade: 3 		と > ど
Grade: 2 		けい
Grade: 2
kun’yomi irregular

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 柱 (hashira, “pillar”) +‎ 時計 (dokei, “clock”). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

柱(はしら)時(ど)計(けい) • (hashiradokei) 

  1. wall clock, grandfather clock

References[edit]

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