Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) びょうがく [byòógákú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bjo̞ːɡ̃a̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

猫額 ‎(hiragana びょうがく, romaji byōgaku, historical hiragana べうがく)

1. cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's forehead

Etymology 2

Compound of 猫 ‎(neko, “cat”) +‎ 額 ‎(hitai, “forehead”). The hitai changes to bitai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ねこび​たい [nèkóbíꜜtàì] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ne̞ko̞bita̠i]

Noun

猫額 ‎(hiragana ねこびたい, romaji nekobitai, historical hiragana ねこびたひ)

1. smallness

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3