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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 野巫 (yabu, “rural witch doctor”) + 医者 (isha, “doctor; medical man; physician”).
Note that the 藪 (yabu, “bush”) is an ateji.
Pronunciation
Noun
藪医者 • (yabuisha)
- a quack, horse doctor; poor doctor, inept doctor
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN