三箇日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 箇 日
さん
Grade: 1 		か > が
Grade: S 		にち
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
三が日
三ヶ日

Etymology

Literally the “three days”. 箇(か) (ka) is a counter for items suffixed to Sino-Japanese numerals. The -ka changes to -ga as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さんがにち [sàńgáꜜnìchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) さんがにち [sàńgáníchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ŋɡa̠ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Proper noun

三(さん)箇(が)日(にち) • (San ga Nichi) 

  1. the first three days of the first month, corresponding to January 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the modern Japanese calendar

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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