頬っ辺

頬っ辺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頬	辺
ほお > ほっ Hyōgaiji	へた > ぺた Grade: 4
Irregular

Etymology

Alteration of 頬辺 (hōbeta).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ほっぺ​た [hòppéꜜtà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ho̞p̚pe̞ta̠]

Noun

頬っ辺 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 頰っ邊, hiragana ほっぺた, rōmaji hoppeta)

1. cheek area, cheek

Synonyms

• 頬 (ほお) (hō), 頬 (ほほ) (hoho)
• 頬 (ほ)っぺ (hoppe)

Derived terms

• 頬 (ほ)っ辺 (ぺた)が落 (お)ちる (hoppeta ga ochiru, “(idiomatic) find something so tasty that one's cheeks fall”)

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