間取り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
間	取
ま Grade: 2	と > ど Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
間取

Etymology

間(ま) (ma, “room, space”) + 取(と)り (tori). The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まどり [màdórí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ma̠do̞ɾʲi]

Noun

間(ま)取(ど)り • (madori)

floor plan; layout of a building

References

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