たち

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See also: たーち, タチ, and ダチ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of たち – see the following entries.
【太刀】
a type of longsword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
a sword positioned with the blade facing down when worn (as opposed to the katana, which is worn with the blade facing upward)
a surname
Alternative spellings
大刀, 𫥲
【達】4
plural marker
attached to the name of the representative of a group to refer to that whole group
(archaic, possibly obsolete) honorific suffix
【裁】6
a surname
(This term, たち (tachi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as たち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たち.)

Etymology 2

Verb

たち • (tachi) 

  1. stem or continuative form of たつ (tatsu)

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
質

Pronunciation

Noun

たち • (tachi) 

  1. nature (of a person or an illness)
    たちが悪(わる)い
    tachi ga warui
    ill-natured

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
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