富士五湖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
富	士	五	湖
ふ Grade: 4 (ateji)	じ Grade: 5 (ateji)	ご Grade: 1	こ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

富士(ふじ) (Fuji) + 五(ご) (go, “five”) + 湖(こ) (ko, “lakes”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふじごこ [fùjígóꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑiɡo̞ko̞]

Proper noun

富(ふ)士(じ)五(ご)湖(こ) • (Fuji-goko)

the five lakes around Mount Fuji: 本(もと)栖(す)湖(こ) (Motosu-ko), 精(しょう)進(じ)湖(こ) (Shōji-ko), 西(さい)湖(こ) (Sai-ko), 河(かわ)口(ぐち)湖(こ) (Kawaguchi-ko) and 山(やま)中(なか)湖(こ) (Yamanaka-ko).

References

^ 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