囁き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
囁
ささや
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
私語

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 囁(ささや)く (sasayaku, “to whisper”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ささやき [sàsáyákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ささやき [sàsáyákíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠sa̠ja̠kʲi]

Noun

囁(ささや)き • (sasayaki) 

  1. a whisper, a murmur

References

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