糸口

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糸 口
いと
Grade: 1 		くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
絲口 (kyūjitai)
緒

Etymology

糸(いと) (ito, “thread”) + 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

Noun

糸(いと)口(ぐち) • (itoguchi) 

  1. conversational gambit
  2. clue
  3. a beginning

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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