まぜがき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
交ぜ書き
混ぜ書き
Examples

Etymology

From () (maze, mixing, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()ぜる (mazeru, to mix).) + () (kaki, writing, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (kaku, to write).).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぜがき [màzégákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ze̞ɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

まぜがき • (mazegakiまぜがき (mazegaki)?

  1. (orthography) Writing certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead. This may be motivated by reasons such as a kanji being excluded from the list of 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji).

Verb

まぜがきする • (mazegaki suruまぜがき (mazegaki)?suru (stem まぜがき (mazegaki shi), past まぜがきした (mazegaki shita))

  1. (orthography) to write certain kanji of a Sino-Japanese word in kana instead

Conjugation

References

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