ほおづえ

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
頬杖

Etymology

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From (ほお) (, cheek) + (つえ) (tsue, cane). The tsue changes to zue as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ほおづえ (hōzueほほづゑ (fofodwe)?

  1. resting one's face on one's hands

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN