Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) と​じ [tóꜜjì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞d͡ʑi]

Noun

刀自 ‎(hiragana とじ, romaji toji)

1. matron

Derived terms

• 母刀自 (あもとじ) ‎(amotoji), 母刀自 (おもとじ) ‎(omotoji), 母刀自 (ははとじ) ‎(hahatoji)
• 家刀自 (いえとじ) ‎(ietoji)
• 大刀自 (おおとじ) ‎(ōtoji), 大刀自 (おとじ) ‎(otoji)

Etymology 2

Alteration of toji.^[2]

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) と​うじ [tóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːd͡ʑi]

Noun

刀自 ‎(hiragana とうじ, romaji tōji)

1. matron

References

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

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 刀自 ‎(toji, “matron”).

Noun

刀自 ‎(hiragana とぅじ, romaji tuji)

1. wife