生ごみ

生ごみ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生
なま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

"生"(living) + "ごみ"(garbage)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) なまごみ [nàmágómí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) なま​ごみ [nàmáꜜgòmì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ɡo̞mʲi]

Noun

生ごみ (hiragana なまごみ, rōmaji namagomi)

1. (AmE) kitchen garbage, (BrE) kitchen refuse or waste

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3