飯時

Japanese

Kanji in this term
めし
Grade: 4
とき > どき
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

(めし) (meshi, rice, meal) + (とき) (toki, time (at which something happens)). The toki changes to doki as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

Noun

(めし)(どき) • (meshidoki

  1. mealtime

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