迷子

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
迷 子
まよ(い) > ま(い)
Grade: 5 		こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Alteration of 迷い子 (mayoigo).[1] The ko changes to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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迷(まい)子(ご) • (maigo) ←まひご (mafigo)?

  1. lost child; stray child
  2. lost person

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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