語呂合わせ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語	呂	合
ご Grade: 2	ろ Grade: S	あ Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

語呂(ごろ) (goro, “sound of an expression or word”) + 合(あ)わせ (awase, “joining together”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごろあわせ [gòróáꜜwàsè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɾo̞a̠β̞a̠se̞]

Noun

語(ご)呂(ろ)合(あ)わせ • (goroawase) ^{←ごろあはせ (goroafase)^?}

pun, play on words
Synonyms: 駄洒落 (dajare), 地口 (jiguchi), 口合い (kuchiai)

Hypernyms: 洒落 (share), 冗談 (jōdan)
- 2025 August 11, “８月10日「ハットデー」に帽子を供養”, in 中日新聞 [Chunichi Shimbun], 朝刊（市民版） [Nagoya morning] edition, number 29701, 市民 [City], page 10:
  「ハット」の語呂合わせから、毎年８月10日に行われている。
  “Hatto” no goroawase kara, maitoshi hachi gatsu tō ka ni okonawarete iru.
  It is held every year on August 10th, based on the pun on "hatto."

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN