におうだち

Japanese

Alternative spelling
仁王立ち

Etymology

From 仁王(におう) (Niō) + () (tachi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (tatsu).). The tachi changes to dachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おーだち [nìóódáchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟io̞ːda̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

におうだち • (niō-dachiにわうだち (niwaudati)?

  1. standing tall and proud

Verb

におうだちする • (niō-dachi suruにわうだち (niwaudati)?suru (stem におうだち (niō-dachi shi), past におうだちした (niō-dachi shita))

  1. to stand tall and proud

Conjugation

References

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