美人局
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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美 | 人 | 局 |
つつもたせ | ||
Grade: 3 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 3 |
jukujikun |
Etymology
[edit]From 筒 (tsutsu, “tube, pipe”) + 持たせ (motase, noun form of 持たせる (motaseru), itself the causative form of 持つ (motsu), "to have").
The kanji are an example of jukujikun, from Chinese 美人局.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]美人局 • (tsutsumotase)
Derived terms
[edit]- 美人局をやる (tsutsumotase o yaru)
Further reading
[edit]- Etymology entry for 美人局 at Gogen Jiten (Etymology Dictionary; in Japanese): http://gogen-allguide.com/tu/tsutsumotase.html
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 美
- Japanese terms spelled with 人
- Japanese terms spelled with 局
- Japanese terms read with jukujikun
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji