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])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠β̞a̠ɾʲi]

Noun

触(さわ)り • (sawari) ^{←さはり (safari)?}

1. touching
2. (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)?}

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