おさながお

Japanese

Alternative spellings
幼顔 幼な顔 おさな顔

Etymology

From 幼(おさな) (osana-) + 顔(かお) (kao). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おさな​がお [òsánáꜜgàò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) おさながお [òsánágáó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞sa̠na̠ɡa̠o̞]

Noun

おさながお • (osanagao) ^{←をさながほ (wosanagafo)?}

1. (poetic) young face

Synonyms

• 童顔(どうがん) (dōgan)