触り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
触
さわ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
觸り (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さわり [sàwárí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠β̞a̠ɾʲi]

Noun

触(さわ)り • (sawari) ^{←さはり (safari)^?}

touching
(informal) beginning; introduction
触(さわ)りだけを見(み)る
sawari dake o miru
to look at just the beginning

Verb

触(さわ)り • (sawari) ^{←さはり (safari)^?}

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 触る (sawaru, “to touch”) [ichidan]

References

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