か細い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
細
ほそ > ぼそ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of か (ka-, “very, emphatic prefix”) +‎ 細い (hosoi, “thin, slender”), The hosoi changes to bosoi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かぼそい [kàbósóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠bo̞so̞i]

Adjective

か細(ぼそ)い • (kabosoi) -i (adverbial か細(ぼそ)く (kabosoku))

  1. thin, skinny, slender
  2. (of voice) weak, feeble

References

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