目覚まし時計

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目覚まし時計 (mezamashidokei): an alarm clock.
Kanji in this term
目 覚 時 計
め
Grade: 1 		さ > ざ
Grade: 4 		とき > ど
Grade: 2 		けい
Grade: 2
kun’yomi irregular kan’on
Alternative spellings
目覺まし時計 (kyūjitai)
目覚し時計

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 目覚まし (mezamashi, “waking, wakeup”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 目覚(めざ)ます (mezamasu, “to wake someone up”).) +‎ 時計 (tokei, “clock”).[1][2] The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) めざましど​けー [mèzámáshídóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [me̞za̠ma̠ɕido̞ke̞ː]

Noun[edit]

目(め)覚(ざ)まし時(ど)計(けい) • (mezamashidokei) 

  1. alarm clock

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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