襟元

襟元

Japanese

Kanji in this term
襟	元
えり Grade: S	もと Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
襟もと えり元 衿元

Etymology

From 襟 (eri, “collar, neck”) +‎ 元 (moto, “origin”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) えりもと [èrímótó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) えりも​と [èrímóꜜtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• (Tokyo) えりもと​ [èrímótóꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɾʲimo̞to̞]

Noun

襟(えり)元(もと) • (erimoto) 

1. nape (the area around one's neck)
2. the front of one's collar

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