囁き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
囁
ささや Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 囁(ささや)く (sasayaku, “to whisper”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ささやき [sàsáyákí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) ささやき​ [sàsáyákíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠sa̠ja̠kʲi]

Noun

囁(ささや)き • (sasayaki) 

1. a whisper, a murmur

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN