こまぎれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
細切れ
小間切れ
こま切れ

Etymology

From (こま) (koma-) + () (kire). The kire changes to gire as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まぎれ [kòmágíré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ma̠ɡʲiɾe̞]

Noun

こまぎれ • (komagire

  1. being cut into strips

References

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