Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
しゅう
Grade: 3
ひ > び
Grade: 1
on'yomi kan'on kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 最終(さいしゅう) (saishū, the last, the final) + () (hi, day). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited in 1936.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(さい)(しゅう)() (saishūbi

  1. [from 1936] final day

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 最終日”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  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