糸電話

Japanese
Kanji in this term
糸 電 話
いと
Grade: 1		 でん
Grade: 2		 わ
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
絲電話 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

糸 (ito, “string”) +‎ 電話 (denwa, “telephone”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いとで​んわ [ìtódéꜜǹwà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ito̞dẽ̞ɰ̃ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

糸(いと)電(でん)話(わ) • (itodenwa) 

  1. tin can telephone

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