千鳥足

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千 鳥 足
ち
Grade: 1 		とり > どり
Grade: 2 		あし
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 千鳥(ちどり) (chidori, “plover”) + 足(あし) (ashi, “feet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちどりあし [chìdóríꜜàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕido̞ɾʲia̠ɕi]

Noun

千(ち)鳥(どり)足(あし) • (chidoriashi) 

  1. drunken reeling

References

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