お受験

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
受	験
じゅ Grade: 3	けん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
お受驗 (kyūjitai) 御受験 (rare)

Etymology

From お (o-, honorific prefix) + 受験(じゅけん) (juken, “taking an entrance exam”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

お受(じゅ)験(けん) • (o-juken)

(originally sardonic)^[1] taking an entrance exam for preschool or elementary school

References

^ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

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