[go: nahoru, domu]

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
ない
Grade: 2
と > ど
Grade: 2
けい
Grade: 2
on'yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
體內時計 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From 体内 (inside the body) +‎ 時計 (clock). The tokei changes to dokei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たい)(ない)()(けい) (tainaidokei

  1. biological clock
    Synonym: 生物時計

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN