帰化

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
歸化 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

() (ki, to submit to) + () (-ka, -ize)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kíꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) [kìkáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2][3] non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥ka̠]

Noun

()() • (kikaきくわ (kikwa)?

  1. the process of taking citizenship in a foreign country; naturalization

Derived terms

Verb

()()する • (kika suruintransitive suru (stem ()() (kika shi), past ()()した (kika shita))

  1. to naturalize

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN