亜大陸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亜 大 陸
あ
Grade: S 		たい
Grade: 1 		りく
Grade: 4
kan'on
Alternative spelling
亞大陸 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 亜 (a-, “sub-”) +‎ 大陸 (tairiku, “continent”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あたいりく [àtáꜜìrìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ta̠iɾʲikɯ̟]

Noun

亜(あ)大(たい)陸(りく) • (atairiku) 

  1. (rare, geology) a subcontinent

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
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