ほめことば

Japanese
Alternative spellings
褒め言葉
褒め詞
誉め言葉
誉め詞

Etymology

Compound of 褒(ほ)め (home, “praising, complimenting”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 褒(ほ)める (homeru, “to praise, to compliment”)) + 言葉(ことば) (kotoba, “word”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ほめこ​とば [hòmékóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞me̞ko̞to̞ba̠]

Noun

ほめことば • (homekotoba) ←ほめことば (fomekotoba)?

  1. words of praise
    訳(わけ)がわからん（褒(ほ)め言(こと)葉(ば)）
    wake ga wakaran (homekotoba)
    what even is this (in a good way); wtf /pos

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