つわもの

Japanese
Alternative spellings
兵
強者 (obsolete)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つわもの [tsùwámónó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɰᵝa̠mo̞no̞]

Noun

つわもの • (tsuwamono) ←つはもの (tufamono)?

  1. (military) a war machine; a weapon
  2. military ration
  3. a brave and strong warrior
  4. a stubborn person

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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