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欠片

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
欠 片
かけら
Grade: 4 Grade: 6
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
缺片 (kyūjitai)
欠けら

Etymology

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かけ (kake) + ら (-ra).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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欠片(かけら) • (kakera) 

  1. a fragment; a splinter; a crumb
    思(おも)い出(で)の欠(かけ)片(ら) ― omoide no kakera ― fragments of memories
    星(ほし)の欠(かけ)片(ら) ― hoshi no kakera ― fragments of stars
  2. (chiefly in the negative) the tiniest bit; an iota; an ounce

References

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  1. ^ “かけら”, in 精選版 日本国語大辞典 [Selected edition: Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), Shogakukan, 2005
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 [New NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

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