双眼鏡

See also: 雙眼鏡

Japanese

双眼鏡 (そうがんきょう)
Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: S
がん
Grade: 5
きょう
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
雙眼鏡 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

双眼 (sōgan, binocular) + (kyō, lens)[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(そう)(がん)(きょう) (sōgankyō) さうがんきやう (saugankyau)?

  1. binoculars
    (そう)(がん)(きょう)()()てる
    sōgankyō ni me o ateru
    to put binoculars to one's eyes
    • 1993 November 25 [May 20 1989], Adachi, Mitsuru, “(だい)25(にじゅうご)() (ふた)()のばあさん ——PART(パート)()—— [Chapter 25: The Twin Grannies (Part 2)]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [Slow Step], volume 4 (fiction), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 50:
      (なん)なんだその(そう)(がん)(きょう)は?
      Nan na n da sono sōgankyō wa?
      What are those binoculars for?
      え あ バードウォッチングですよ(え あ バードウォッチングですよ)
      E A bādowotchingu desu yo
      Uh… Ah, for birdwatching

Synonyms

References

  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  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
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