Japanese

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Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: 6
ちょ
Hyōgai
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
延竚

Etymology

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Compound of (えん) (en, prolong) + (ちょ) (cho, waiting; looking).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えん)(ちょ) (enchoえんちよ (entyo)?

  1. (literary) stopping to go and view

Verb

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(えん)(ちょ)する (encho suruえんちよ (entyo)?intransitive suru (stem (えん)(ちょ) (encho shi), past (えん)(ちょ)した (encho shita))

  1. (literary) to stop to go and view

Conjugation

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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