つけやきば

Japanese

Alternative spellings
付け焼き刃
付焼き刃 (dated)
付焼刃 (dated)

Etymology

From 付(つ)け焼(や)き (tsukeyaki) + 刃(は) (ha). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つけやきば [tsùkéyáꜜkìbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨke̞ja̠kʲiba̠]

Noun

つけやきば • (tsukeyakiba) ←つけやきば (tukeyakiba)?

  1. (literally) blunt sword with a steel edge attached
  2. (figurative) knowledge hastily acquired for a particular event, hasty preparation

References

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