おでこ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
お凸御凸

Etymology

Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 凸 (deko, “forehead”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おでこ [òdéꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [o̞de̞ko̞]

Noun

おでこ • (odeko)

(colloquial) forehead, brow (part of face above eyebrows)
Synonyms: 額 (hitai), (less formal) でこ (deko)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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