合わせ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合
あ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

The conjunctive form of the verb 合わせる (awaseru, “to join together”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あわせ [àwáséꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ɰᵝa̠se̞]

Noun

合わせ (hiragana あわせ, rōmaji awase, historical hiragana あはせ)

joining together

Derived terms

貝合 (かいあ)わせ (kaiawase, “tribadism”)
兜合 (かぶとあ)わせ (kabutoawase, “frot”)

References

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

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