目覚まし時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	覚	時	計
め Grade: 1	さ > ざ Grade: 4	とき > ど Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2
kun'yomi		irregular	kan'on

Alternative spellings
目覺まし時計 (kyūjitai) 目覚し時計目覚時計

Etymology

Compound of 目覚まし (mezamashi, “waking, wakeup”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 目覚(めざ)ます (mezamasu, “to wake someone up”).) +‎ 時計 (tokei, “clock”).^[1]^[2] The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めざましどけー [mèzámáshídóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2]
IPA^(key): [me̞za̠ma̠ɕido̞ke̞ː]

Noun

目(め)覚(ざ)まし時(ど)計(けい) • (mezamashidokei)

alarm clock

Related terms

目覚(めざ)ます (mezamasu), 目(め)を覚(さ)ます (me o samasu): to wake up

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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