人垣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 垣
ひと
Grade: 1 		かき > がき
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

人(ひと) (hito, “person”) + 垣(かき) (kaki, “fence; obstacle”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

Noun

人(ひと)垣(がき) • (hitogaki) 

  1. crowd of people
    人垣(ひとがき)を掻(か)き分(わ)ける ― hitogaki o kakiwakeru ― to cut one's way through a crowd

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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