独語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独	語
どく Grade: 5 (ateji)	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
獨語 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どくご [dòkúgó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

Etymology 1

From 独(どく) (doku, an abbreviation for 独逸(ドイツ) (Doitsu, “Germany”)) + 語(ご) (-go, “language of”). The kanji 独 is an ateji (当て字).

Noun

独(どく)語(ご) • (dokugo)

German language; German
Synonym: ドイツ語 (doitsugo)

Noun

独(どく)語(ご) • (dokugo)

talking to oneself
Synonyms: ひとりごと (hitorigoto), 独白 (dokuhaku)

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
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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