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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
目覚時計

Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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

  1. alarm clock
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References

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  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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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