わかちがき in Japanese

IPA: [β̞a̠ka̠t͡ɕiɡa̠kʲi] Forms: wakachigaki [romanization], wakatigaki [romanization], わかちがき [hiragana, historical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From 分(わ)かち (wakachi, “dividing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)かつ (wakatsu, “to divide”).”) + 書(か)き (kaki, “writing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”).”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|分かつ|わかつ|to divide|pos=}} 分(わ)かつ (wakatsu, “to divide”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|分かつ|わかつ|to divide}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)かつ (wakatsu, “to divide”)., {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|書く|かく|to write|pos=}} 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|書く|かく|to write}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”)., {{ja-compound|分かち|わかち|書き|かき|t1=dividing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)かつ (wakatsu, “to divide”).|t2=writing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”).}} 分(わ)かち (wakachi, “dividing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)かつ (wakatsu, “to divide”).”) + 書(か)き (kaki, “writing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書(か)く (kaku, “to write”).”), {{sortkey|ja|わかちがき}} わかちかき', {{rendaku2|kaki|gaki}} The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=わかちがき}} わかちがき • (wakachigaki) ^(←わかちがき (wakatigaki)?)

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"わかちがき" meaning in Japanese

Noun