祈り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
いの Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
祈り (kyūjitai) 祷り

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 祈(いの)る (inoru, “to pray”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いのり [ìnóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ino̞ɾʲi]

Noun

祈(いの)り • (inori) 

1. prayer (request to a deity)
2. prayer (heartfelt wish)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.