体内時計

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
ない
Grade: 2
と > ど
Grade: 2
けい
Grade: 2
on’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
體內時計 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 体内 (inside the body) + 時計 (clock). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いないどけー [tàínáídóꜜkèè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ina̠ido̞ke̞ː]

Noun

(たい)(ない)()(けい) • (tainaidokei) 

  1. biological clock
    Synonym: 生物時計

References

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