取っ付き

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っつき [tòttsúkí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [to̞t̚t͡sɨkʲi]

Noun

()() • (tottsuki

  1. beginning
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 7, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
      (わたくし)(さん)()()()(こく)したのは、それからまた(いち)(ねん)()った(なつ)(とっ)(つき)でした。
      Watakushi ga sando-me ni kikoku shita no wa, sore kara mata ichinen tatta natsu no tottsuki deshita.
      The third time I returned to the country was at the beginning of summer a year later.
  2. first impression
  3. entrance (of a building)

References

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