ざっとう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
雑踏 (most common)
雑沓
雑遝

From Middle Chinese 雜沓 (MC dzop dop).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っとー [zàttóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠t̚to̞ː]

Noun

ざっとう • (zattōざつたふ (zatutafu)?

  1. crowd; bustle
Synonyms

Verb

ざっとうする • (zattō surusuru (stem ざっとう (zattō shi), past ざっとうした (zattō shita))

  1. to crowd; to bustle
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
雑鬧

From Middle Chinese 雜鬧 (MC dzop nraewH).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っとー [zàttóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠t̚to̞ː]

Noun

ざっとう • (zattōざつたう (zatutau)? 

  1. crowd; bustle

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN