Japanese

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Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
らく
Grade: 2
もの
Grade: 3
goon on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
道樂者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of 道楽 (dōraku, drinking, womanizing, gambling, and other forms of hedonistic pursuits: dissipation) +‎ (-mono, person).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a work from 1686.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(どう)(らく)(もの) (dōrakumonoだうらくもの (daurakumono)?

  1. [from 1686] libertine, debauchee, playboy
    • 1927, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 河童 [Kappa]:
      その(また)(めす)(かつ)()()ふのは(てい)(しゆ)(ころ)すつもりでゐたのです。(なに)しろ(てい)(しゆ)(だう)(らく)(もの)でしたからね。
      Sono mata mesu no kappa to iu no wa teishu o korosu tsumori de ita no desu. Nani shiro teishu wa dōrakumono deshita kara ne.
      And so it turned out that said female kappa was planning on murdering her husband. It's no wonder; her husband was quite the debauchee.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 道楽者”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 道楽者”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 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