濁り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
濁
にご
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ninkəri.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にごり​ [nìgóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

濁(にご)り • (nigori) 

  1. muddiness
  2. uncleanness, impurity
  3. (of sound) low-pitched and unpleasant
  4. (typography) dakuten (voicing mark used in Japanese kana writing)
  5. Synonym of 濁り酒 (nigorizake)

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