きめぜりふ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
決め台詞
決めぜりふ
決めゼリフ

Etymology

From () (kime) + 台詞(せりふ) (serifu). The serifu changes to zerifu as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めぜりふ [kìmézéꜜrìfù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲime̞ze̞ɾʲiɸɯ̟]

Noun

きめぜりふ • (kimezerifuきめぜりふ (kimezerifu)?

  1. (entertainment) catchphrase; signature saying

References

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