筒井筒

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Japanese[edit]

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つつ
Grade: S

Grade: 4
つつ > づつ
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kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

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The figurative sense of "childhood friends" is derived from a story in the Ise Monogatari about two childhood friends who would play together by a well in their youth.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) ついづつ [tsùtsúíꜜzùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝt͡sɨᵝizɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun[edit]

(つつ)()(づつ) (tsutsuizutsuつつゐづつ (tutwidutu)?

  1. well curb of a circular well (筒井)
  2. male and female who are childhood friends

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References[edit]

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