とおざける

Japanese

Alternative spelling
遠ざける

Etymology

From (, far) + 避ける (sakeru, avoid), originally the active counterpart of (さか) (sakaru, separate, depart, distance from). The sakeru changes to zakeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おざけ [tòózákéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːza̠ke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

とおざける (tōzakeru) transitive ichidan

Japanese verb pair
active とおざける
mediopassive とおざかる
  1. keep away, keep at a distance
  2. avoid

Conjugation

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
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