院卒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
院	卒
いん Grade: 3	そつ Grade: 4
kan’yōon	kan’on

Etymology

Probably a shortening of 大(だい)学(がく)院(いん) (daigakuin, “graduate school”) + 卒(そつ)業(ぎょう)生(せい) (sotsugyōsei, “graduate”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いんそつ [ìńsótsú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) い​んそつ [íꜜǹsòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ĩɰ̃so̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

院(いん)卒(そつ) • (insotsu) ^{←ゐんそつ (winsotu)?}

1. (informal, education) graduate-school graduate