あたりどし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
当たり年 当り年

Etymology

From 当(あ)たり (atari, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 当(あ)たる (ataru).”) + 年(とし) (toshi). The toshi changes to doshi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あたりどし [àtárídóshí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) あたりどし [àtáríꜜdòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ta̠ɾʲido̞ɕi]

Noun

あたりどし • (ataridoshi) ^{←あたりどし (ataridosi)?}

1. year of good harvest