頬っ辺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頬	辺
ほお > ほっ Hyōgaiji	へた > ぺた Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
頰っ邊 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Alteration of 頬辺 (hōbeta).[1]

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) ほっぺた [hòppéꜜtà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞p̚pe̞ta̠]

Noun

頬(ほ)っ辺(ぺた) • (hoppeta)

cheek area, cheek

Synonyms

頬(ほお) (hō), 頬(ほほ) (hoho)
頬(ほ)っぺ (hoppe)

Derived terms

頬(ほ)っ辺(ぺた)が落(お)ちる (hoppeta ga ochiru, “(idiomatic) find something so tasty that one's cheeks fall”)

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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