おきざり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
置き去り 置去り

Etymology

From 置(お)き (oki) + 去(さ)り (sari, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 去(さ)る (saru).”). The sari changes to zari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おきざり [òkízárí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞kʲiza̠ɾʲi]

Noun

おきざり • (okizari) ^{←おきざり (okizari)?}

1. abandoning someone or something and going away

   敵(てき)を置(お)き去(ざ)りにする

   teki o okizari ni suru

   to leave one's enemies in the dust

   子(こ)供(ども)置(お)き去(ざ)り

   kodomo okizari

   child abandonment