かおじゃしん

かおじゃしん

Japanese

Alternative spelling
顔写真

Etymology

From 顔(かお) (kao) + 写真(しゃしん) (shashin). The shashin changes to jashin as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かおじゃ​しん [kàójáꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞ʑa̠ɕĩɴ]

Noun

かおじゃしん • (kaojashin) ^{←かほじやしん (kafozyasin)?}

1. (photography) head shot

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN