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

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) びょーがく [byòógákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

猫額 (hiragana びょうがく, rōmaji byōgaku, historical hiragana べうがく)

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

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

Noun

猫額 (hiragana ねこびたい, rōmaji nekobitai, historical hiragana ねこびたひ)

smallness

References

1 2 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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