水商売
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 水 | 商 | 売 |
| みず Grade: 1 |
しょう Grade: 3 |
ばい Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | on'yomi | kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 水商賣 (kyūjitai) |
Alternative forms
- (informal) お水 (o-mizu)
Etymology
Compound of 水 (mizu, “water”) + 商売 (shōbai, “business, trade”).[1][2][3][4][5]
First cited to a text from 1747.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
水商売 • (mizu shōbai)
References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “水商売”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “水商売”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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