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Japanese
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船醉い (kyūjitai)
船酔
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Etymology
Compound of 船 (funa, “boat, ship”) + 酔い (yoi, “motion sickness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
船酔い • (funayoi) ←ふなよひ (funayofi)?
- seasickness
Hypernyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN