勝手口

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勝	手	口
かち > かっ Grade: 3	て Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

勝手(かって) (katte) + 口(くち) (kuchi, “entrance”) The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かってぐち [kàttéꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) かってぐち [kàttégúchí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠t̚te̞ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

勝(かっ)手(て)口(ぐち) • (katteguchi)

kitchen door; back door
(tea ceremony) host's entrance

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN