ひょろ長い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひょろなが [hyòrónágáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) ひょろながい [hyòrónágáí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ço̞ɾo̞na̠ɡa̠i]

Adjective

ひょろ(なが) • (hyoronagai) -i (adverbial ひょろ(なが) (hyoronagaku))

  1. gangly, gaunt, stalky
    Synonym: 細長い

Inflection

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
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