物狂い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
物	狂
もの Grade: 3	くる > ぐる Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 物(もの) (mono) + 狂(くる)い (kurui). The kurui changes to gurui as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ものぐるい [mònógúꜜrùì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [mo̞no̞ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

物(もの)狂(ぐる)い • (monogurui) ^{←ものぐるひ (monogurufi)^?}

insanity

Derived terms

死(し)に物狂(ものぐる)い (shinimonogurui)

References

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

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