立ち聞き

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 立ち (tachi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 立つ tatsu “to stand”) + 聞き (kiki, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 聞く kiku “to hear, to listen”).[1][2] The kiki changes to giki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

立ち聞き (hiragana たちぎき, rōmaji tachigiki)

  1. eavesdropping
  2. a type of bit ring found in Japanese riding tack: a ring on either end of the bit that goes into a horse's mouth, used to attach the bridle, or used purely decoratively to attach tassels
    This is not the rein ring, to which the reins are attached.
    The derivation of this sense is unknown.

Synonyms

Verb

立ち聞きする (hiragana たちぎきする, rōmaji tachigiki suru)

  1. to eavesdrop

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  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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