ノック

Japanese

FWOTD – 21 January 2021

Etymology

From English knock.

Pronunciation

Noun

ノック • (nokku

  1. knock (abrupt rapping sound)
  2. (baseball) fungo

Verb

ノックする • (nokku surusuru (stem ノック (nokku shi), past ノックした (nokku shita))

  1. to knock
    ノックぐらいしろよ!
    Nokku gurai shiro yo!
    At least knock on the door or something!
  2. to press down on the rear end of a mechanical pencil and dispense lead
    ノックボタン
    nokku botan
    dispenser button
    ボールペンからカチカチとノック(おん)()こえてくる。
    Bōrupen kara kachikachi to nokku on ga kikoete kuru.
    (please add an English translation of this example)

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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN