ひっぱりだこ
Japanese
Alternative spellings |
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引っ張り凧 引っ張り蛸 (rare) 引っ張りだこ (most common) |
Etymology
From 引っ張り (hippari) + たこ (tako). The tako changes to dako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひっぱりだこ [hìppárídáꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA(key): [çip̚pa̠ɾʲida̠ko̞]
Noun
ひっぱりだこ • (hippari-dako)
- in great demand
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN