Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
いと
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From Old Japanese (いと) (itofu).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(いと) (itouいとふ (itofu)?transitive godan (stem (いと) (itoi), past (いと)った (itotta))

  1. (literary) to hate; to dislike
    Synonym: 嫌う (kirau)
    Antonyms: 好む (konomu), 愛でる (mederu)
    この(さっ)()(うき)()(いと)(けい)(こう)()ている。
    Kono sakka wa ukiyo o itou keikō o motte iru.
    This writer tends to hate the troublesome world.
  2. (chiefly in the negative) to hesitate to do

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References edit

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN