心配事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
はい > ぱい
Grade: 3
こと > ごと
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

心配(しんぱい) (shinpai) + (こと) (koto) with rendaku.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぱいごと [shìńpáígótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) んぱいごと [shìńpáígótóꜜ] (Odaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩmpa̠iɡo̞to̞]

Noun

(しん)(ぱい)(ごと) • (shinpaigoto) 

  1. worries; cares; troubles
    (なに)心配事(しんぱいごと)でもあるのですか?
    Nanika shinpaigoto demo aru no desu ka?
    Do you have any worries on your mind?

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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