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tobikomu

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A Japanese verb meaning “to jump in” or “to leap into,” often used in contemporary poetry to evoke spontaneous action, immersion, or the sudden plunge into experience, emotion, or the unknown.

Detailed Definition
Tobikomu is part of the romanized Japanese original and names the frog’s action in Bashō’s haiku. Because it is not an English word, readers unfamiliar with Japanese may need to identify it to follow the source text.
Example
Example in poetry:
Bashō, “Furu ike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto,” uses tobikomu for “jumps into” or “leaps into”; the verb joins tobi, “fly or leap,” with komu, “go into,” emphasizing entry; The frog’s sudden tobikomu is answered by the audible “sound of water”; In translation, “a frog jumps in” is simple, but the Japanese verb makes the motion vivid and complete
Additional Notes
The quoted substring contains “tobikomu,” a Japanese verb form that is unfamiliar to most English readers.; Found in the poem, Frog Haiku by Matsuo Bashō
Also Known As
To Dive In To Plunge To Immerse
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