運動靴

運動靴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運	動	靴
うん Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3	くつ > ぐつ Grade: S

Etymology

Compound of 運動 (undō, “exercise”) +‎ 靴 (kutsu, “shoes”). The kutsu changes to gutsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うんど​ーぐつ [ùńdóꜜògùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝndo̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

運動靴 (hiragana うんどうぐつ, rōmaji undōgutsu)

1. sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes

Synonyms

• スニーカー (sunīkā)

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
運	動	靴

Noun

運動靴 • (undonghwa) (hangeul 운동화)

1. Hanja form^? of 운동화 (“sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes”).