道草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みち
Grade: 2
くさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [mìchíkúsá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲit͡ɕikɯ̟̊sa̠]

Noun

(みち)(くさ) • (michikusa

  1. grass on the wayside
  2. wasting time on the way
  3. dawdle

Verb

(みち)(くさ)する • (michikusa surusuru (stem (みち)(くさ) (michikusa shi), past (みち)(くさ)した (michikusa shita))

  1. to waste time on the way
  2. to take too long
  3. dawdle

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN