経緯

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
経	緯
けい Grade: 5	い Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
經緯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーい [kéꜜèì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːi]

Noun

経(けい)緯(い) • (keii) ^{←けいゐ (keiwi)^?}

warp and woof, from 経(たて)糸(いと) (tateito) and 緯(よこ)糸(いと) (yokoito)
longitude and latitude, from 経(けい)度(ど) (keido) and 緯(い)度(ど) (ido)
developments of a certain situation. Compare warp and woof.

Derived terms

経(けい)緯(い)儀(ぎ) (keiigi)
経(けい)緯(い)台(だい) (keiidai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
経	緯
たてぬき
Grade: 5	Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
經緯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たてぬき [tàténúkí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) たてぬき [tàtéꜜnùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠te̞nɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

Noun

経緯(たてぬき) • (tatenuki)

warp and woof

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
経	緯
たてよこ
Grade: 5	Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
經緯 (kyūjitai) 縦横

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たてよこ [táꜜtèyòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠te̞jo̞ko̞]

Noun

経緯(たてよこ) • (tateyoko)

warp and woof

Derived terms

経緯(たてよこ)絣(がすり) (tateyokogasuri)
経緯(たてよこ)縮緬(ちりめん) (tateyoko chirimen, “georgette”)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
経	緯
いきさつ
Grade: 5	Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
經緯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いきさつ [ìkísátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ikʲi̥sa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

経緯(いきさつ) • (ikisatsu)

developments of a certain situation

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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