常套句

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 5
とう
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 常套 +‎

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょーとーく [jòótóꜜòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːto̞ːkɯ̟]

Noun

(じょう)(とう)() • (jōtōku

  1. conventional phrase, stock phrase, cliche
    Synonym: 常套語

References

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