赤の他人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤 他 人
あか
Grade: 1 		た
Grade: 3 		にん
Grade: 1
kun’yomi on’yomi goon

Etymology

Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”, used here to mean "clearly, obviously, completely") +‎ の (no, possessive marker) +‎ 他人 (tanin, “other person”).

First attested in a 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”) script from 1702.

Pronunciation

Noun

赤(あか)の他(た)人(にん) • (aka no tanin) 

  1. (idiomatic) a complete stranger

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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