ワン切り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
切
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

ワン (wan, “one”) +‎ 切り (kiri, “hanging up”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ワンぎり [wàńgírí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝã̠ŋʲɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun

ワン切(ぎ)り • (wangiri) 

  1. The act of calling someone and then immediately hanging up, in the hope that the recipient of the call will call back.

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