算盤高い

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
そろ
Grade: 2
ばん
Grade: S
たか > だか
Grade: 2
irregular goon kun'yomi

Etymology

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From 算盤 (soroban, abacus) +‎ 高い (takai, high).

The takai changes to dakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ろばんだか [sòróbáńdákáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ɾo̞bã̠nda̠ka̠i]

Adjective

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(そろ)(ばん)(だか) (sorobandakai-i (adverbial (そろ)(ばん)(だか) (sorobandakaku))

  1. calculating, miserly, stingy
    Synonyms: 勘定高い (kanjōdakai), 計算高い (keisandakai)

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN