電気椅子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	気	椅	子
でん Grade: 2	き Grade: 1	い Grade: S	す Grade: 1
goon	kan’on	on’yomi	tōon

Alternative spelling
電氣椅子 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 電気(でんき) (denki, “electricity”) + 椅子(いす) (isu, “seat”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でんきいす [dèńkíꜜ ìsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ŋʲkʲi isɨᵝ]

Noun

電(でん)気(き)椅(い)子(す) • (denki isu)

an electric chair

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
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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