猫額

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
猫	額
びょう Grade: S	がく Grade: 5
kan'on

Compound of 猫 (byō, “cat”) +‎ 額 (gaku, “forehead”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びょーがく [byòógákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

猫(びょう)額(がく) • (byōgaku) ^{←べうがく (beugaku)^?}

cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's forehead

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
猫	額
ねこ Grade: S	ひたい > びたい Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Compound of 猫 (neko, “cat”) +‎ 額 (hitai, “forehead”). The hitai changes to bitai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねこびたい [nèkóbíꜜtàì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞bʲita̠i]

Noun

猫(ねこ)額(びたい) • (nekobitai) ^{←ねこびたひ (nekobitafi)^?}

smallness

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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