零れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こぼ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 翻れる, 零れる (koboreru, to spill, to be left over).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

零れ (hiragana こぼれ, rōmaji kobore)

  1. a spill (implying a natural or unintended event)
  2. remainder, leftover

Usage notes

This spelling with the okurigana, as 零れ, is more common.

Derived terms

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
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