赤提灯
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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赤 | 提 | 灯 |
あか Grade: 1 |
ちょう Grade: 5 |
ちん Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi | tōon |
Alternative spellings |
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赤提燈 (kyūjitai) 赤ちょうちん |
Etymology edit
Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) + 提灯 (chōchin, “a lantern, especially a paper lantern”).[1][2][3] Appears from at least the late 1800s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
赤提灯 • (aka chōchin) ←あかちやうちん (akatyautin)?
- a red paper lantern, typically used as a sign marking an izakaya, an inexpensive Japanese pub
- (figurative) an izakaya
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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