臆病者

Japanese
Kanji in this term
臆 病 者
おく
Grade: S		 びょう
Grade: 3		 もの
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
臆病者 (kyūjitai)
憶病者

Etymology

Compound of 臆病(おくびょう) (okubyō, “cowardly”) + 者(もの) (mono, “a human”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おくびょーもの [òkúbyóómónó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) おくびょーもの​ [òkúbyóómónóꜜ] (Odaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞kɯ̟ᵝbʲo̞ːmo̞no̞]

Noun

臆(おく)病(びょう)者(もの) • (okubyōmono) ←おくびやうもの (okubyaumono)?

  1. coward
    Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) やっせんぼ

References
  1. 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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