こざっぱり

Japanese

Etymology

小(こ) (ko-, “somewhat”, diminutive suffix) + さっぱり (sappari, “neat, tidy”). The sappari changes to zappari as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こざっぱり [kòzáppáꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞za̠p̚pa̠ɾʲi]

Adverb

こざっぱり • (kozappari) 

  1. neat, tidy
    Synonyms: さっぱり (sappari), 小奇麗 (kogirei)
    こざっぱりとしている部(へ)屋(や) ― kozappari to shite iru heya ― a tidy room

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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