死に顔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
死 顔
し
Grade: 3 		かお > がお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
死に顏 (kyūjitai)
死顔

Etymology

死(し)に (shini, “death”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

Noun

死(し)に顔(がお) • (shinigao) 

  1. the face of a dead person

References

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