頭字語

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頭字語

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Kanji in this term
頭	字	語
とう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーじご [tòójígó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːʑiɡo̞]

Noun

頭(とう)字(じ)語(ご) • (tōjigo) 

1. an acronym (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

References

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