ずきん

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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First cited to a text from 1977.[1]

Reduced form of reduplicated adverb ずきんずきん (zukinzukin),[1] which is first attested in 1919.[1] In turn, that is the emphatic form of adverb ずきずき (zukizuki),[1][2] which is cited from 1789.[1]

Ultimately appears to be derived from verb 疼く (uzuku, to throb painfully). Part of a cluster of related adverbs all sharing the element ずき (zuki).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ずきん or ズキン (zukin

  1. [from 1977] (onomatopoeia) throbbingly and painfully
Usage notes
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  • Generally used with the adverbial particle (to).
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See also
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of ずきん – see the following entry.
頭巾
[noun] hood, turban
(This term, ずきん (zukin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ずきん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ずきん.)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN