村八分

Chinese
village eight
 
to divide; minute; (a measure word)
to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (村八分) 村 八 分
simp. #(村八分) 村 八 分

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 村(むら)八(はち)分(ぶ) (murahachibu).

Pronunciation

Noun

村八分

  1. murahachibu (a type of extra-judicial social exclusion practiced in Japan where a villager disturbing the peace of a village is shunned by the rest of them; ostracism)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
村 八 分
むら
Grade: 1		 はち
Grade: 1		 ぶ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) むらはち​ぶ [mùráháchíꜜbù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ha̠t͡ɕibɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

村(むら)八(はち)分(ぶ) • (murahachibu) 

  1. ostracism; a type of extra-judicial social exclusion practiced in Japan where a villager disturbing the peace of a village is shunned by the rest of them

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