Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おく
Grade: S
びょう
Grade: 3
もの
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
臆病者 (kyūjitai)
憶病者

Etymology edit

Compound of 臆病(おくびょう) (okubyō, cowardly) + (もの) (mono, a human).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) くびょーもの [òkúbyóómónó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) くびょーもの [òkúbyóómónóꜜ] (Odaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞kɯ̟ᵝbʲo̞ːmo̞no̞]

Noun edit

(おく)(びょう)(もの) (okubyōmonoおくびやうもの (okubyaumono)?

  1. coward
    Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) やっせんぼ

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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