とりざら

Japanese

Alternative spellings
取り皿 取皿

Etymology

From 取(と)り (tori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru).”) + 皿(さら) (sara). The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とりざら [tòríꜜzàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲiza̠ɾa̠]

Noun

とりざら • (torizara) ^{←とりざら (torizara)?}

1. personal plate to hold food from a larger communal plate