とおざける

Japanese

Alternative spelling
遠ざける

Etymology

From (とお) (, far, originally the active counterpart of (さか) (sakaru, separate, depart, distance from)) + ()ける (sakeru, to avoid). The sakeru changes to zakeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おざけ [tòózákéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːza̠ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

とおざける • (tōzakeruとほざける (tofozakeru)?transitive ichidan (stem とおざけ (tōzake), past とおざけた (tōzaketa))

Japanese verb pair
active とおざける
mediopassive とおざかる
  1. to keep away, to keep at a distance
  2. to avoid

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN