臆病者

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
臆 病 者
おく
Grade: S 		びょう
Grade: 3 		もの
Grade: 3
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
臆病者 (kyūjitai)
憶病者

Etymology

Compound of 臆病(おくびょう) (okubyō, “cowardly”) + 者(もの) (mono, “a human”).

Pronunciation

Noun

臆(おく)病(びょう)者(もの) • (okubyōmono) ←おくびやうもの (okubyaumono)?

  1. coward
    Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) やっせんぼ

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
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