Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゃ
Grade: S
けん
Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
邪險 (kyūjitai)
邪慳

Etymology

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Particularly: “was this originally written as 邪慳 and displaced by 書き換え spelling reform? (not mentioned on the wikipedia page) or what does Daijirin mean by "邪見"? how is that possible?”

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(じゃ)(けん) (jakenじやけん (zyaken)?-na (adnominal (じゃ)(けん) (jaken na), adverbial (じゃ)(けん) (jaken ni))

  1. cruel and ruthless
    邪険(じゃけん)(あつか)れる
    jaken ni atsukawareru
    to be treated cruelly

Inflection

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Noun

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(じゃ)(けん) (jakenじやけん (zyaken)?

  1. cruelty and ruthlessness

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN