改札口

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
改 札 口
かい
Grade: 4 		さつ
Grade: 4 		くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kan’on kun’yomi
改札口 (kasatsu-guchi): a row of ticket gates in Tabata Station, Tokyo

Etymology

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From 改札 (kaisatsu, “ticket examination”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, “opening”).

The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) かいさつ​ぐち [kàísátsúꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠isa̠t͡sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

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改(かい)札(さつ)口(ぐち) • (kaisatsu-guchi) 

  1. a wicket, ticket gate, ticket barrier
    Synonym: 改札 (kaisatsu)

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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