高鼾

Japanese
Kanji in this term
高 鼾
たか
Grade: 2		 いびき
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 高 (taka, “high-pitched; loud”) +‎ 鼾 (ibiki, “snoring”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) たかい​びき [tàkáíꜜbìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ka̠ibʲikʲi]

Noun

高(たか)鼾(いびき) • (takaibiki) 

  1. a loud snore
  2. a deep sleep (so deep that the sleeper does not wake from their own loud snoring)

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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