気触れ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
氣觸れ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

The (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 気触(かぶ)れる (kabureru, to break out in a rash; to be influenced by, to be under the influence of something).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

気触(かぶ) (kabure

  1. a rash
  2. (figurative) a hardship of some kind
    • From the 1702 kabuki play, 紋尽五人男 (Mon-zukushi Gonin Otoko, “Five Men of the Family-crest Registry”):
      その(かわ)りには、おれがこの()かぶれ()ると
      sono kawari ni wa, ore ga kono mi ni kabure ga kuru to
      Instead of that, it seems a hardship will come over me...

Suffix

気触(かぶ) (-kabure

  1. -ized, thoroughly affecting the manner of the suffixed noun
    ジャズ気触(かぶ)洋風(ようふう)気触(かぶ)
    jazu-kabure, yōfū-kabure
    jazz-ified, western-ized

Verb

気触(かぶ) (kabure

  1. stem of the verb 気触れる (kabureru, to break out in a rash; to be influenced by, to be under the influence of something)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN