飲み会

飲み会

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飲	会
の Grade: 3	かい Grade: 2

Etymology

Compound of 飲み (nomi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink; to swallow”)) +‎ 会 (kai, “meeting; party”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) のみかい [nòmíkáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) のみ​かい [nòmíꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲika̠i]

Noun

飲み会 (hiragana のみかい, rōmaji nomikai)

1. drinking party

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