あまずっぱい

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Japanese

[edit]
Alternative spelling
甘酸っぱい

Etymology

[edit]

From (あま) (ama-) + ()っぱい (suppai). The suppai changes to zuppai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

あまずっぱい (amazuppaiあまずつぱい (amazutupai)?

  1. bittersweet (flavor)
  2. (figurative) bittersweet (emotion)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN