追っかけ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
追
お
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 追っ掛け

Etymology

Alteration of 追(お)い掛(か)け (oikake), from 追(お)い掛(か)ける (oikakeru, “to chase after”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おっかけ [òkkáké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞k̚ka̠ke̞]

Noun

追(お)っかけ • (okkake) 

  1. groupie (euthusiastic follower)
  2. (music) echo song (delayed backing vocal of the same phrase)

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