ジグザグ

Japanese

Etymology

From English zig-zag, perhaps aided by the fact that the English word resembles a Japanese onomatopoeic adverb, although it does not exactly behave like one.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) グザグ [jìgúzágú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑiɡɯ̟za̠ɡɯ̟]

Adjective

ジグザグ • (jiguzagu-na (adnominal ジグザグ (jiguzagu na), adverbial ジグザグ (jiguzagu ni))

  1. zig-zag
    ジグザグに(はし)
    jiguzagu ni hashiru
    to run in a zig-zag

Inflection

Noun

ジグザグ • (jiguzagu

  1. zig-zag

References

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