水商売

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 商 売
みず
Grade: 1		 しょう
Grade: 3		 ばい
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
水商賣 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 商売 (shōbai, “business, trade”).[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited to a text from 1747.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みずしょ​ーばい [mìzúshóꜜòbàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4][5][6]
  • IPA(key): [mʲizɨᵝɕo̞ːba̠i]

Noun

水(みず)商(しょう)売(ばい) • (mizu shōbai) 

  1. bar and restaurant business
  2. chancy trade
  3. nightlife business

References
  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. “水商売”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. “水商売”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 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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