唐縮緬

唐縮緬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐	縮	緬
Grade: S	Grade: 6	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Etymology

Compound of 唐 (tō, “foreign”) +‎ 縮緬 (chirimen, “crepe”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) とーち​りめん [tòóchíꜜrìmèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) とーちりめん [tòóchíríméń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːt͡ɕiɾʲimẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

唐縮緬 (hiragana とうちりめん, rōmaji tōchirimen, historical hiragana たうちりめん)

1. muslin

Synonyms

• モスリン (mosurin), モス (mosu), メリンス (merinsu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN