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連絡先

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Knocks
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連絡先

Postby Knocks » December 9th, 2009 4:36 am

Does anyone know what the more standard way to pronounce this phrase is: れんらくせん or れんらくさき? The context is Gmail's "Contacts" page.

Also, what meaning does the 先 character have here? It's probably safe to assume that it doesn't mean previous or former.

Belton
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Postby Belton » December 9th, 2009 8:02 pm

As a suffix 先 さき has the meaning of address, destination or place.

行き先 いきさき destination
宛て先 あてさき destination, address
勤務先 きんむさき one's place of employment 
連絡先 れんらくさき contact address

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Knocks
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Postby Knocks » December 9th, 2009 9:23 pm

That's great, thank you. So it's not れんらくせん? Rikaichan is giving me both pronunciations.

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Postby Belton » December 10th, 2009 9:31 am

Both are in Edict which Rikaichan uses.
However in other dictionaries (KKLD, OSX built in, Ryaku81) the reading is given only as renrakusaki.

Based on other similar usages of saki I'd go with renrakusaki.

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Postby Kat » December 22nd, 2009 5:04 am

Knocksさん、

はじめまして! I'm Kat, and I'll be hosting the Newbie lessons with Naomi先生 from now on.

Just to confirm what Beltonさん said, this kanji is always read れんらくさき. I've never heard anyone say れんらくせん. :wink:

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