立ち聞き

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (tachi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 立つ tatsu “to stand”) + 聞き (kiki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 聞く kiku “to hear, to listen”).[1][2] The kiki changes to giki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) ちぎき [tàchígíkí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
    • IPA(key): [ta̠t͡ɕiɡʲikʲi]

    Noun

    ()() • (tachigiki) 

    1. eavesdropping
    2. a type of bit ring found in Japanese riding tack: a ring on either end of the bit that goes into a horse's mouth, used to attach the bridle, or used purely decoratively to attach tassels
      This is not the rein ring, to which the reins are attached.
      The derivation of this sense is unknown.

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    Verb

    ()()する • (tachigiki suru) suru (stem ()() (tachigiki shi), past ()()した (tachigiki shita))

    1. to eavesdrop

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    References

    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. 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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