零れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
零
こぼ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
零
翻れ

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 翻れる, 零れる (koboreru, “to spill, to be left over”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こぼれ​ [kòbóréꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞bo̞ɾe̞]

Noun

零(こぼ)れ • (kobore) 

  1. a spill (implying a natural or unintended event)
  2. remainder, leftover

Usage notes

This spelling with the okurigana, as 零れ, is more common.

Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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