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掛詞； 掛け言葉； 懸詞； 掛け詞； 懸け詞
【 かけことば 】
1. [n]
▶ kakekotoba
▶ pivot word
▶ play on words (esp. in poetry)
▶ pun
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1207610 掛ける【かける】 23. to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words



History:
4. A 2018-01-20 23:22:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Daijr, GG5, etc.
  Comments: 
The JEs all have pun/play on words without qualification. Daijirin says it's in the context of 韻文. I think this covers all bases.
  Diff: 
@@ -25,0 +26,2 @@
+<gloss>play on words (esp. in poetry)</gloss>
+<gloss>pun</gloss>
3. A* 2018-01-18 10:08:08  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakekotoba
https://books.google.com/books?id=wy4RwR2Kl-
0C&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&dq=waka+pivot+word&source=bl&ots=2
kuid4blro&sig=EbuI9XAaYVHoE9Kt5VG-awwgn-
w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz-
Y31oeHYAhVMzGMKHaNwBiwQ6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=waka%20pivot
%20word&f=false
(and several more hits on Google books for kakekotoba + 
pivot word)
  Diff: 
@@ -24,2 +24,2 @@
-<gloss>pun</gloss>
-<gloss>play on words</gloss>
+<gloss>kakekotoba</gloss>
+<gloss>pivot word</gloss>
2. A* 2018-01-18 05:50:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
N-grams:
掛け詞	419
掛け言葉	2583
掛詞	11922
懸け詞	154
懸詞	689
  Comments: 
Curious that the WWW usage is so out of synch with the dictionaries. I guess the influence of IME tables.
  Diff: 
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>掛け詞</keb>
+<keb>掛詞</keb>
@@ -11 +11,4 @@
-<keb>掛詞</keb>
+<keb>懸詞</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>掛け詞</keb>
@@ -15,3 +17,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>懸詞</keb>
1. A* 2018-01-18 04:40:27  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
saito
daijr 掛ける entry
"②  掛け言葉を言う。 「『長雨』を『眺め』に－・ける」"
typo
  Diff: 
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>掛け言葉</keb>

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