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Japanese
Etymology 1
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上戶 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
上戸 • (jōgo) ←じやうご (zyaugo)?
- a heavy drinker; a person who likes drinking alcohol
- Antonym: 下戸 (geko)
- (in compounds) a person who has some habit when drinking alcohol
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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上戶 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
上戸 • (jōko) ←じやうこ (zyauko)?
- in the ritsuryō (律令) system, a household (戸 (ko)) containing six or seven able-bodied men (正丁 (seitei))
- Coordinate terms: 大戸 (taiko), 中戸 (chūko), 下戸 (geko)
Etymology 3
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上戶 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
上戸 • (Ueto) ←うへと (Ufeto)?
- a surname
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