穴子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	子
あな Grade: 6	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

𫙕

Etymology

Compound of 穴 (ana, “hole”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”). The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あなご [ànágó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [a̠na̠ɡo̞]

Noun

穴子 (hiragana あなご, katakana アナゴ, rōmaji anago)

conger eel

Derived terms

真 (まあ)穴 (な)子 (ご) (maanago)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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