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男やもめ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おとこ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
男鰥
男寡

Etymology

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Compound of (おとこ) (otoko, man) + やもめ (yamome, widow; widower).[1]

First attested in the early 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(おとこ)やもめ (otokoyamomeをとこやもめ (wotokoyamome)?

  1. widower

Synonyms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 男鰥”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN