双眼鏡

See also: 雙眼鏡

Japanese
双眼鏡 (そうがんきょう)
Kanji in this term
双 眼 鏡
そう
Grade: S		 がん
Grade: 5		 きょう
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
雙眼鏡 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

双眼 (sōgan, “binocular”) +‎ 鏡 (kyō, “lens”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) そーがんきょー [sòógáńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːɡã̠ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

双(そう)眼(がん)鏡(きょう) • (sōgankyō) ←さうがんきやう (saugankyau)?

  1. binoculars
    双(そう)眼(がん)鏡(きょう)に目(め)を当(あ)てる
    sōgankyō ni me o ateru
    to put binoculars to one's eyes
    • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “[第](だい)[25](にじゅうご)[話](わ)　[双](ふた)[子](ご)のばあさん——[ＰＡＲＴ](パート)[２](に)——”, in [スロー](SLOW)[ステップ](STEP), 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 50:
      何(なん)なんだその双(そう)眼(がん)鏡(きょう)は？
      Nan na n da sono sōgankyō wa?
      What are those binoculars for?
      え　あ　バードウォッチングですよ
      E A bādowotchingu desu yo
      Uh… Ah, for birdwatching

Synonyms

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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