つくえ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
机
案 (rare)

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つくえ [tsùkúé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝe̞]

Noun

つくえ • (tsukue) ←つくえ (tukue)?[n 1]

  1. desk; table
    机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に本(ほん)が三(さん)冊(さつ)ある。
    Tsukue no ue ni hon ga sansatsu aru.
    There are three books on the desk.

Notes
  1. In pre-WWII literature, the historical kana spelling was mistaken to be つくゑ. Sources from the Heian period show つくえ, which is now accepted as correct.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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