ワン切り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
切
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

ワン (wan, “one”) +‎ 切り (kiri, “hanging up”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ワンぎり [wàńgírí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝã̠ŋʲɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun

ワン切(ぎ)り • (wangiri) 

  1. The act of calling someone and then immediately hanging up, in the hope that the recipient of the call will call back.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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