目覚まし時計

Japanese
目覚まし時計 (mezamashidokei): an alarm clock.
Kanji in this term
目 覚 時 計
め
Grade: 1		 さ > ざ
Grade: 4		 と > 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

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) 

  1. alarm clock

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
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