よこじま

よこじま

Japanese

Alternative spelling
横縞

Etymology

From 横(よこ) (yoko) + 縞(しま) (shima). The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よこじま [yòkójímá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞ʑima̠]

Noun

よこじま • (yokojima) ^{←よこじま (yokozima)?}

1. horizontal stripe

Coordinate terms

• 縦縞(たてじま) (tatejima)

References

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