手軽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 軽
て
Grade: 1
かる > がる
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
手輕 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the stem of 手軽い (tegarui).[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1754.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

手(て)軽(がる) • (tegaru) -na (adnominal 手(て)軽(がる)な (tegaru na), adverbial 手(て)軽(がる)に (tegaru ni))

  1. [from 1754] handy, easy, simple, light
    メールは手(て)軽(がる)な連(れん)絡(らく)の手(しゅ)段(だん)として […]
    Mēru wa tegaru na renraku no shudan toshite […]
    E-mail, as an easy means of communication, […]

Inflection

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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