仕草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕 草
し
Grade: 3 		くさ > ぐさ
Grade: 1
kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
仕種

Etymology

Compound of し (shi, “to do”, continuative form of する) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しぐさ [shíꜜgùsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

仕(し)草(ぐさ) • (shigusa) 

  1. behavior, bearing, mannerisms, movements
  2. gesture, acting

References

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