かけことば

Japanese
Alternative spellings
掛け詞 (less common)
掛詞 (most common)
懸け詞 (less common)
懸詞

Etymology

From 掛(か)け (kake, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru).”) + 詞(ことば) (kotoba).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かけこ​とば [kàkékóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ke̞ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

かけことば • (kakekotoba) ←かけことば (kakekotoba)?

  1. pivot word (a form of punning in traditional Japanese poetry)

References
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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