ものしり

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
物知り
物識り

Etymology

Compound of (mono, thing, things) +‎ 知り (shiri, knowing; knower, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 知る (shiru, to know something)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ものしり (monoshiri

  1. もの知り:person of extensive knowledge

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN