おでこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
お凸御凸

Etymology

Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 凸 (deko, “forehead”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おでこ [òdéꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [o̞de̞ko̞]

Noun

おでこ • (odeko)

(colloquial) forehead, brow (part of face above eyebrows)
Synonyms: 額 (hitai), (less formal) でこ (deko)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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