Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
ちょう
Grade: 3
めん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ちょーめん [kìchóóméń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ちょーめん [kìchóꜜòmèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) ちょーめ [kìchóóméꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥t͡ɕo̞ːmẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective edit

()(ちょう)(めん) (kichōmenきちやうめん (kityaumen)?-na (adnominal ()(ちょう)(めん) (kichōmen na), adverbial ()(ちょう)(めん) (kichōmen ni))

  1. methodical, scrupulous, meticulous
    • 1993 November 15 [1989 August 25], Sasaki, Noriko, “(どう)(ぶつ)のお()(しゃ)さん (とう)(じょう)(じん)(ぶつ)(しょう)(かい)”, in 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], 44th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 6:
      (すが)(わら)(きょう)(じゅ)
      かなり()(ちょう)(めん)(せん)(せい)
      Sugawara Kyōju
      Kanari kichōmen na sensei.
      Prof. Sugawara
      A considerably methodical teacher.

Inflection edit

Noun edit

()(ちょう)(めん) (kichōmenきちやうめん (kityaumen)?

  1. A post in a piece of woodwork which has been rounded down on the corner such that grooves run down the post lengthwise where the curves of the corner meet the flat surfaces of the sides.