反故

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 3
く > ぐ
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
反古
  • > >

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほん)() (hongu

  1. paper that has become useless; wastepaper
  2. something that is useless

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 3
く > ぐ
Grade: 5
irregular goon
Alternative spelling
反古
  • > >

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほう)() (hōgu

  1. paper that has become useless; wastepaper
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 258:
      Fôgu. ホゥグ (反古) 書きよごした紙, または, もう役に立たない紙, まはた, 書き直したり書きよごしたりした習字手本.
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    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 260:
      Fongo. ホンゴ (反古) Fôgu (反古)の条を見よ. それというのは,このように〔Fongoと〕書かれるけれども,Fôgu (ほうぐ)と発音されるからである. 書きよごした紙などの意.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. something that is useless

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
く > ぐ
Grade: 5
irregular goon
Alternative spelling
反古
  • > >

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (hogu

  1. paper that has become useless; wastepaper
  2. something that is useless

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 3
こ > ご
Grade: 5
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
反古
  • > >

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほん)() (hongo

  1. paper that has become useless; wastepaper
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 260:
      Fongo. ホンゴ (反古) Fôgu (反古)の条を見よ. それというのは,このように〔Fongoと〕書かれるけれども,Fôgu (ほうぐ)と発音されるからである. 書きよごした紙などの意.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. something that is useless

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 3
こ > ご
Grade: 5
irregular kan'on
Alternative spelling
反古
  • > >

Pronunciation

Noun

(ほう)() (hōgo

  1. paper that has become useless; wastepaper
  2. something that is useless

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
こ > ご
Grade: 5
irregular kan'on
Alternative spelling
反古
  • > >

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (hogo

  1. paper that has become useless; wastepaper
    Synonyms: 反故紙 (hogogami), 故紙 (koshi), 紙屑 (kamikuzu)
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 道草, 青空文庫:
       二人(ふたり)(かえ)ったあとで、細君(さいくん)(おっと)(まえ)()いてある二通(につう)書付(かきつけ)(ひら)いて()た。
      「こっちの(ほう)(むし)()ってますね」
      反故(ほご)だよ。(なん)にもならないもんだ。(やぶ)いて紙屑籠(かみくずかご)()れてしまえ」
      Futari ga kaetta ato de, saikun wa otto no mae ni oite aru nitsū no kakitsuke o hiraite mita.
      “Kotchi no hō wa mushi ga kutte masu ne”
      Hogo da yo. Nan ni mo naranai mon da. Yabuite kamikuzukago e irete shimae”
      After the two had left, his wife opened up the two documents in front of him and looked at them.
      “This one has been eaten by worms.”
      “They’re wastepaper. They’re completely useless. Go ahead and tear them up and put them in the wastebasket.”
  2. something that is useless
Usage notes

This is the most common reading in modern Japanese.

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