亜大陸

Japanese
Kanji in this term
亜 大 陸
あ
Grade: S		 たい
Grade: 1		 りく
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
亞大陸 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 亜 (a-, “sub-”) +‎ 大陸 (tairiku, “continent”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あた​いりく [àtáꜜìrìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ta̠iɾʲikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

亜(あ)大(たい)陸(りく) • (atairiku) 

  1. (rare) a subcontinent

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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