赤提灯

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赤提灯 (akachōchin): the red paper lantern typically hung by the door of an izakaya pub.
Kanji in this term
あか
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 5
ちん
Grade: 4
kun'yomi tōon
Alternative spellings
赤提燈 (kyūjitai)
赤ちょうちん

Etymology

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Compound of (aka, red) +‎ 提灯 (chōchin, a lantern, especially a paper lantern).[1][2][3] Appears from at least the late 1800s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あか)(ちょう)(ちん) (aka chōchinあかちやうちん (akatyautin)?

  1. a red paper lantern, typically used as a sign marking an izakaya, an inexpensive Japanese pub
  2. (figurative) an izakaya

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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