ひとりがち

Japanese
Alternative spellings
一人勝ち
独り勝ち
ひとり勝ち

Etymology

From 一人(ひとり) (hitori) + 勝(か)ち (kachi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 勝(か)つ (katsu).”). The kachi changes to gachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひとりがち [hìtórígáchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çito̞ɾʲiɡa̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

ひとりがち • (hitorigachi) ←ひとりがち (fitorigati)?

  1. (competition) being the lone winner

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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