長閑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
のどか
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun

Etymology

By surface analysis, some unknown element のど (some unknown element のど) + (na-adjective-forming suffix). Compare terms with the same root, のどけし (nodokeshi), のどのど (nodonodo), のどやか (nodoyaka), and のどろか (nodoroka).

The kanji are jukujikun.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [no̞do̞ka̠]

Adjective

長閑(のどか) • (nodoka) -na (adnominal 長閑(のどか) (nodoka na), adverbial 長閑(のどか) (nodoka ni))

  1. calm, peaceful
  2. mild (e.g. weather, climate)
  3. long leisure

Inflection

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