行き止まり
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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行 | 止 |
い Grade: 2 |
と > ど Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 行き (iki, “going”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 行く (iku, “to go”)) + 止まり (tomari, “stopping”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 止まる (tomaru, “to stop”)).[1][2][3] The tomari changes to domari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
As a noun, first cited to a text from 1686.[1]
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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