ほくそえむ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
ほくそ笑む
北叟笑む

Etymology

Possibly from 北叟 (hokuso, alteration from 北叟 (hokusou)) + 笑む (emu, to smile). Alternatively, 北叟 may be ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そえ [hòkúsóéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞e̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ほくそえむ • (hokusoemu) ほくそゑむ (fokusowemu)?intransitive godan (stem ほくそえみ (hokusoemi), past ほくそえんだ (hokusoenda))

  1. to gloat, chuckle

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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