Japanese

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Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: S
しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
びい
Hyōgai

Hyōgai
goon kan'on kan'yōon on'yomi
Alternative spelling
緣者贔屓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んじゃびいき [èńjáꜜbììkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠bʲiːkʲi]

Noun

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(えん)(じゃ)(びい)() (enjabīki

  1. nepotism
  2. cronyism

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN