糸電話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糸 電 話
いと
Grade: 1 		でん
Grade: 2 		わ
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
絲電話 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

糸 (ito, “string”) +‎ 電話 (denwa, “telephone”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いとでんわ [ìtódéꜜǹwà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ito̞dẽ̞ɰ̃β̞a̠]

Noun

糸(いと)電(でん)話(わ) • (itodenwa) 

  1. tin can telephone

References

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