こいごころ

こいごころ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
恋心 恋ごころ

Etymology

From 恋(こい) (koi) + 心(こころ) (kokoro). The kokoro changes to gokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こいご​ころ [kòígóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞iɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

こいごころ • (koigokoro) ^{←こひごころ (kofigokoro)?}

1. thoughts of love and romance

See also

• 乙女心(おとめごころ) (otomegokoro)

References

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