逃げ水

逃げ水

Japanese

逃げ水

Kanji in this term
逃	水
に(げ) Grade: S	みず Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
逃水

Etymology

From 逃げ (nige, “escaping”, stem of 逃げる (nigeru, “to escape”)) +‎ 水 (mizu, “water”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) にげ​みず [nìgéꜜmìzù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɡe̞mʲizɨᵝ]

Noun

逃(に)げ水(みず) • (nigemizu) ^{←にげみづ (nigemidu)?}

1. hot-road mirage (mirage observed when viewing objects across asphalt concrete)

Related terms

• 蜃(しん)気(き)楼(ろう) (shinkirō)

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
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN