綱引き

綱引き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綱	引
つな Grade: S	ひ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 綱曳き

Etymology

綱 (tsuna, “rope”) +‎ 引き (hiki, “tugging; pulling”, from 引く (hiku, “to tug; to pull”))

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) つな​ひき [tsùnáꜜhìkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) つなひき​ [tsùnáhíkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝna̠çi̥kʲi]

Noun

綱引き (hiragana つなひき, rōmaji tsunahiki)

1. (games) tug of war

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN