心遣い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
心 遣
こころ
Grade: 2		 つか > づか
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart”) + 遣(つか)い (tsukai, “worrying”). The tsukai changes to zukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こころづ​かい [kòkórózúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ko̞ɾo̞zɨᵝka̠i]

Noun

心(こころ)遣(づか)い • (kokorozukai) ←こころづかひ (kokorodukafi)?

  1. consideration, anxiety

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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