おさなごころ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
幼心
幼な心
おさな心

Etymology

From 幼(おさな)- (osana-) + 心(こころ) (kokoro). The kokoro changes to gokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おさなご​ころ [òsánágóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞sa̠na̠ɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

おさなごころ • (osanagokoro) ←をさなごころ (wosanagokoro)?

  1. child-like innocent heart

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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