うすぎ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
薄着

Etymology

From (うす) (usu-) + () (ki). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) すぎ [ùsúgí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟sɨɡʲi]

Noun

うすぎ • (usugi

  1. light clothing

Coordinate terms

Verb

うすぎする • (usugi surusuru (stem うすぎ (usugi shi), past うすぎした (usugi shita))

  1. to dress lightly

Conjugation

References

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