相談事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
相	談	事
そう Grade: 3	だん Grade: 3	こと > ごと Grade: 3
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 相談(そうだん) (sōdan) + 事(こと) (koto). The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞ːdã̠ŋɡo̞to̞]

Noun

相(そう)談(だん)事(ごと) • (sōdangoto) ^{←さうだんごと (saudangoto)?}

1. matter to be discussed

   話(はな)しにくい相談事(そうだんごと)

   hanashinikui sōdangoto

   topic that is hard to bring up