小言

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小 言
こ
Grade: 1 		こと > ごと
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 小(こ) (ko, “small”) + 言(こと) (koto, “word”). The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Noun

小(こ)言(ごと) • (kogoto) ←こごと (kogoto)?

  1. scolding, faultfinding

Derived terms

  • 口(くち)小(こ)言(ごと) (kuchikogoto)

References

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