二重底

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	重	底
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 3	そこ > ぞこ Grade: 4

Etymology

Compound of 二重 (nijū, “double”) +‎ 底 (soko, “bottom”). The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にじゅうぞこ [nìjúúzókó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨːzo̞ko̞]

Noun

二(に)重(じゅう)底(ぞこ) • (nijūzoko) ^{←にぢゆうぞこ (nidyuuzoko)^?}

double sole
double bottom

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN