でんでん太鼓

Japanese
Kanji in this term
太 鼓
たい > だい
Grade: 2		 こ
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of でんでん (denden, sound of a drum beating) +‎ 太鼓 (taiko, “a kind of drum”).

The taiko changes to daiko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) でんでんだ​いこ [dèńdéńdáꜜìkò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [dẽ̞ndẽ̞nda̠iko̞]

Noun

でんでん太(だい)鼓(こ) • (denden-daiko) 

  1. pellet drum (as a children's toy)
    Synonym: (as a formal instrument) 振鼓 (furitsuzumi)

See also
  • 豆(まめ)太鼓(だいこ) (mamedaiko)

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