蓋し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓋
けだ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けだし [kéꜜdàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ke̞da̠ɕi]

Adverb

蓋(けだ)し • (kedashi)

an expression of supposition or conjecture; probably, maybe
- 807: Kogo Shūi
  蓋聞上古之世未有文字貴賤老少口口相傳前言往行存而不忘
a hypothetical supposition of a situation; if

Derived terms

蓋(けだ)しく (kedashiku)
蓋(けだ)しくも (kedashiku mo)

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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