Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 6
がい
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
障碍
障礙
障がい
 
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Etymology edit

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しょう)(がい) (shōgaiしやうがい (syaugai)?

  1. impediment, obstacle, handicap

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(しょう)(がい)する (shōgai suruしやうがい (syaugai)?suru (stem (しょう)(がい) (shōgai shi), past (しょう)(がい)した (shōgai shita))

  1. obstruct

Conjugation edit

Usage notes edit

This term was originally written as (しょう)(がい) (shōgai), but replaced by (しょう)(がい) (shōgai) in the national language reform due to (がい) (gai) not listed in (とう)(よう)(かん)() (Tōyō kanji) (Chinese characters for daily use, now replaced by (じょう)(よう)(かん)() (Jōyō kanji)). The character (がい) (gai) could also mean harm, so or がい are often used in place of it to avoid its negative connotation.

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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