Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
にせ
Grade: S
もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
僞者 (kyūjitai)
贋者

Etymology edit

Compound of (にせ) (nise, fake) + (もの) (mono, person).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(にせ)(もの) (nisemono

  1. impostor

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN