合期

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
合 期
ごう
Grade: 2
ご
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 合期 (*hop *ghiə, literally “meeting a deadline”). Alternately, may have been coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements 合 (gō, “to meet”) + 期 (go, “a period of time”).

/ɡafuɡo/ > /ɡauɡo/ > /ɡɔːɡo/ > /ɡoːɡo/

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごーご [gòógó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

合(ごう)期(ご) • (gōgo) ←がふご (gafugo)?

  1. favorable progress
  2. meeting a deadline, being on time

Verb

合(ごう)期(ご)する • (gōgo suru) ←がふご (gafugo)?intransitive suru (stem 合(ごう)期(ご)し (gōgo shi), past 合(ごう)期(ご)した (gōgo shita))

  1. to make favorable progress, to proceed as expected
  2. to meet a deadline, to be on time
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
合 期
がっ
Grade: 2
こ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Variant of goon reading, using the unvoiced ko reading for 期.

/ɡafuko/ > /ɡakko/

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がっこ [gàkkó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠k̚ko̞]

Noun

合(がっ)期(こ) • (gakko) 

  1. favorable progress
  2. meeting a deadline, being on time

Verb

合(がっ)期(こ)する • (gakko suru) intransitive suru (stem 合(がっ)期(こ)し (gakko shi), past 合(がっ)期(こ)した (gakko shita))

  1. to make favorable progress, to proceed as expected
  2. to meet a deadline, to be on time
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
合 期
がっ
Grade: 2
ご
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Rarer variant reading.[2]

/ɡafuɡo/ > /ɡaɡɡo/

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がっご [gàggó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠ɡ̚ɡ̊o̞]

Noun

合(がっ)期(ご) • (gaggo) 

  1. (rare) favorable progress
  2. (rare) meeting a deadline, being on time

Verb

合(がっ)期(ご)する • (gaggo suru) intransitive suru (stem 合(がっ)期(ご)し (gaggo shi), past 合(がっ)期(ご)した (gaggo shita))

  1. (rare) to make favorable progress, to proceed as expected
  2. (rare) to meet a deadline, to be on time
Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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