Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
さわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
大騷ぎ (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of (おお) (ō, big, large) + (さわ) (sawagi, noise, commotion, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (さわ) (sawagu, to be noisy, to make a commotion)).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(おお)(さわ) (ōsawagiおほさわぎ (ofosawagi)?

  1. an uproar, a brouhaha

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN