Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
う(け)
Grade: S
お(い)
Grade: 3
にん
Grade: 1
kun’yomi goon

Etymology edit

(うけ)(おい) (ukeoi, contract) + (にん) (-nin, -er)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) けおいにん [ùkéóíníń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞o̞iɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun edit

(うけ)(おい)(にん) (ukeoininうけおひにん (ukeofinin)?

  1. contractor
    • 1921, 寺田寅彦, ねずみと猫[1], 青空文庫:
      (いま)(じゅう)(たく)()てる(とき)に、どうか(てん)(じょう)にねずみの(はい)()まないようにしてもらいたいという(こと)(とく)(うけ)(おい)(にん)(たの)んでおいた。
      Ima no jūtaku o tateru toki ni, dō ka tenjō ni nezumi no hairikomanai yō ni shite moraitai to iu koto o toku ni ukeoinin ni tanonde oita.
      When my current residence was being built, I specifically asked the contractor to please make it so that mice would not get in the ceiling.