手忠実

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
Grade: 6 Grade: 3
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
手忠實 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (te, hand) + 忠実 (mame, hardworkingness).

Pronunciation

Adjective

手忠実(てまめ) • (temame) -na (adnominal 手忠実(てまめ) (temame na), adverbial 手忠実(てまめ) (temame ni))

  1. diligent, industrious, skillful, dextrous

Inflection

Noun

手忠実(てまめ) • (temame) 

  1. diligence, being industrious, skillfulness, dexterity

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana, as hiragana (hiragana).

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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