猫額

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
猫	額
びょう Grade: S	がく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Compound of 猫 (byō, “cat”) +‎ 額 (gaku, “forehead”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びょーがく [byòógákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

猫(びょう)額(がく) • (byōgaku) ^{←べうがく (beugaku)^?}

cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's forehead

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
猫	額
ねこ Grade: S	ひたい > びたい Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Compound of 猫 (neko, “cat”) +‎ 額 (hitai, “forehead”). The hitai changes to bitai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねこびたい [nèkóbíꜜtàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞bʲita̠i]

Noun

猫(ねこ)額(びたい) • (nekobitai) ^{←ねこびたひ (nekobitafi)^?}

smallness

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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