Chinese

Noun

腋臭

1. armpit odour
2. body odour

Synonyms

• 狐臭 (húchòu)
• 狐臊 (húsāo)
• 體臭／体臭 (tǐchòu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) わきが [wàkígá] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) わき​が [wàkíꜜgà] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠kʲiɡ̃a̠]

Alternative forms

• 狐臭, 胡臭

Noun

腋臭 ‎(hiragana わきが, romaji wakiga)

1. body odour

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 腋臭 ‎(jiᴇk̚ t͡ɕʰɨu^H).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) えきしゅう [èkíshúú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [e̞kʲiɕɯᵝː]

Noun

腋臭 ‎(hiragana えきしゅう, romaji ekishū, historical hiragana えきしう)

1. body odour

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 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