trilled pronunciation; rolling one's r's
Refers to the alveolar trill or similar rolled 'r' sound, often associated with certain dialects, foreign languages, or stylistic speech.
彼は巻き舌でイタリア語を話す。
He speaks Italian with a rolled 'r'.
巻き舌がうまく
I can't roll my r's well.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant without okurigana; less common.
Compound of 巻き (maki, 'rolling') + 舌 (shita, 'tongue'), with rendaku voicing of した to じた.