つけやきば

Japanese

Alternative spellings
付け焼き刃 付焼き刃 (dated) 付焼刃 (dated)

Etymology

From 付(つ)け焼(や)き (tsukeyaki) + 刃(は) (ha). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つけや​きば [tsùkéyáꜜkìbà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝke̞ja̠kʲiba̠]

Noun

つけやきば • (tsukeyakiba) ^{←つけやきば (tukeyakiba)?}

1. (literally) blunt sword with a steel edge attached
2. (figurative) knowledge hastily acquired for a particular event, hasty preparation