はやしことば

Japanese

Alternative spelling
囃子詞

Etymology

From 囃子(はやし) (hayashi) + (ことば) (kotoba).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やしことば [hàyáshíkóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ja̠ɕiko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

はやしことば • (hayashi-kotobaはやしことば (fayasikotoba)?

  1. (music) Traditional exclamations used to keep rhythm.

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ はやし‐ことば 【囃子詞】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here