運動靴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運	動	靴
うん Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3	くつ > ぐつ Grade: S
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 運動(うんどう) (undō, “exercise”) + 靴(くつ) (kutsu, “shoes”). The kutsu changes to gutsu as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うんどーぐつ [ùńdóꜜògùtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝndo̞ːɡɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

運(うん)動(どう)靴(ぐつ) • (undōgutsu)

sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes

Synonyms

スニーカー (sunīkā)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
運	動	靴

Noun

運動靴 • (undonghwa) (hangeul 운동화)

Hanja form^? of 운동화 (“sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes”).

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