空き巣

Japanese edit

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空き巣

Kanji in this term
空	巣
あ Grade: 1	す Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
空き巢 (kyūjitai) 空巣

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) あきす [àkísú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠kʲi̥sɨᵝ]

Noun edit

空(あ)き巣(す) • (akisu)

empty nest
Short for 空き巣狙い (akisu-nerai, “sneak thief”).

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

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