お洒落

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゃ
Hyōgai

Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

() (o-, honorific prefix) + (しゃ)() (share)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(しゃ)() or 洒落(シャレ) (oshare-na (adnominal (しゃ)() (oshare na), adverbial (しゃ)() (oshare ni))

  1. stylish, smart, fashionable, smartly dressed
    (しゃ)()スーツ
    oshare na sūtsu
    a stylish suit

Inflection

Noun

(しゃ)() or 洒落(シャレ) (oshare

  1. someone stylish, a person that is smartly dressed
  2. stylishness

Verb

(しゃ)()する or 洒落(シャレ)する (oshare surusuru (stem (しゃ)() (oshare shi), past (しゃ)()した (oshare shita))

  1. be fashionable

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN