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わかどぅし【若年】

wakadushi

Pronunciation: [wakaduɕi]

Definition

Noun

  1. New Year; belated New Year; beginning of the year
    1. わかどぅしとぅいみそーちー【若年取いみそーちー】
      wakadushi tuimisoochii
      "Happy (belated) New Year", "Has the New Year been treating you well?"

Etymology

Compound of わか【若】 waka "young" and the rendaku form of とぅし【年】 tushi "year".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji若年
Kanaわかどぅし
わか嬨し
Romanizationwakadushi
Pronunciation (IPA)[wakaduɕi]

意味：わかわかしくしんねん【若々しく新年】、としあけ【年明け】、ねんしょ【年初】

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Tags: Okinawan Language, Uchinaaguchi, Ryukyuan Languages, 沖縄方言, 沖縄語, うちなーぐち, 沖縄口, 琉球方言, 琉球語...

Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2017, January 9). わかどぅし【若年】 : wakadushi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, April 18, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/4180/wakadushi/.