受け皿

受け皿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
受	皿
う Grade: 3	さら > ざら Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 受け (uke, “receiving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 受ける (ukeru, “to receive”)) +‎ 皿 (sara, “plate, dish”).[1][2]The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うけ​ざら [ùkéꜜzàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • (Tokyo) うけざら [ùkézárá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞za̠ɾa̠]

Noun

受け皿 (hiragana うけざら, rōmaji ukezara)

1. a saucer
2. preparedness to take responsibility for things

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN