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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 3

Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
お轉婆 (kyūjitai)
御転婆

Etymology

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Phono-semantic matching of Dutch ontembaar (untameable, indomitable): (o, honorific prefix) + (てん) (ten, to turn) + () (ba, old woman). This is a typical case of folk etymology.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(てん)() (otenba-na (adnominal (てん)() (otenba na), adverbial (てん)() (otenba ni))

  1. tomboyish

Inflection

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Noun

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(てん)() (otenba

  1. tomboy

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN