わかちがき

わかちがき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
分かち書き 分ち書き 分書 別ち書き わかち書き

Etymology

From 分(わ)かち (wakachi, “dividing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)かつ (wakatsu, “to divide”).”) + 書(か)き (kaki, “writing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”).”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わかちがき [wàkáchígákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠t͡ɕiɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

わかちがき • (wakachigaki) ^{←わかちがき (wakatigaki)?}

1. writing as separate words, found for example in Japanese children's books or video games, or the modern orthography for the Korean language

References

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