よりみち

Japanese

Alternative spelling
寄り道

Etymology

From () (yori, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (yoru).) + (みち) (michi).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りみち [yòrímíchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ɾʲimʲit͡ɕi]

Noun

よりみち • (yorimichiよりみち (yorimiti)?

  1. detour to go somewhere else on the way
    コンビニ()(みち)
    konbini no yorimichi
    stopping by at the convenience store on the way

See also

Verb

よりみちする • (yorimichi suruよりみち (yorimiti)?suru (stem よりみち (yorimichi shi), past よりみちした (yorimichi shita))

  1. to make a detour to go somewhere else on the way

Conjugation

References

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