かおじゃしん

Japanese

Alternative spelling
顔写真

Etymology

From 顔(かお) (kao) + 写真(しゃしん) (shashin). The shashin changes to jashin as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かおじゃしん [kàójáꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠o̞ʑa̠ɕĩɴ]

Noun

かおじゃしん • (kaojashin) ←かほじやしん (kafozyasin)?

  1. (photography) head shot

References

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