物知り
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 物 | 知 |
| もの Grade: 3 |
し Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 物識り もの知り |
Etymology
Compound of 物 (mono, “thing”) + 知り (shiri, “knowing”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 知る (shiru, “to know”)).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ものしり (Nakadaka – )[2][3][4][5]
- (Tokyo) ものしり (Odaka – )[2][3][4][5]
- (Tokyo) ものしり (Heiban – )[2][4]
- IPA(key):
Noun
- broad knowledge
- 物知り顔で言った
- monoshiri kao de itta
- she said with a knowing look
- 物知り顔で言った
- a very knowledgeable person
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 “物知り
”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
