"わかづくり" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [β̞a̠ka̠zɨkɯ̟ɾʲi] Forms: wakazukuri [romanization], wakadukuri [romanization], わかづくり [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 若(わか) (waka-) + 作(つく)り (tsukuri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 作(つく)る (tsukuru).”). The tsukuri changes to zukuri 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|作る|つくる||pos=}} 作(つく)る (tsukuru), {{ja-etym-renyokei|作る|つくる}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 作(つく)る (tsukuru)., {{ja-compound|若|わか-|作り|つくり|t1=|t2=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 作(つく)る (<span class="mention-tr tr">tsukuru</span>).}} 若(わか) (waka-) + 作(つく)り (tsukuri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 作(つく)る (tsukuru).”), {{sortkey|ja|わかづくり}} わかつくり', {{rendaku2|tsukuri|zukuri}} The tsukuri changes to zukuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=わかづくり}} わかづくり • (wakazukuri) ^(←わかづくり (wakadukuri)?)
  1. making one appear younger than one is

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for わかづくり meaning in Japanese (2.7kB)

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