小皿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	皿
こ Grade: 1	さら > ざら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 小(こ) (ko-, “small”) + 皿(さら) (sara, “plate”). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こざら [kòzárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) こざら [kóꜜzàrà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞za̠ɾa̠]

Noun

小(こ)皿(ざら) • (kozara)

small dish
Antonym: 大皿(おおざら) (ōzara)

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