大皿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
さら > ざら
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

(おお) (ō-, big) + (さら) (sara, dish). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おざら [òózárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːza̠ɾa̠]

Noun

(おお)(ざら) • (ōzara

  1. large dish
    Antonym: 小皿(こざら) (kozara)

References

  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