物狂い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もの
Grade: 3
くる > ぐる
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (もの) (mono) + (くる) (kurui). The kurui changes to gurui as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) のぐるい [mònógúꜜrùì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞no̞ɡɯ̟ɾɯ̟i]

Noun

(もの)(ぐる) • (monoguruiものぐるひ (monogurufi)?

  1. insanity

Derived terms

References

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