ほろにがい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ほろ苦い

Etymology

From ほろ (horo-) + (にが) (nigai).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろにが [hòrónígáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾo̞ɲ̟iɡa̠i]

Adjective

ほろにがい • (horonigai) ほろにがい (foronigai)?-i (adverbial ほろにがく (horonigaku))

  1. slightly bitter, bittersweet

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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