鰥寡孤独
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 鰥 | 寡 | 孤 | 独 |
| かん Hyōgai |
か Grade: S |
こ Grade: S |
どく Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鰥寡孤獨 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 鰥寡孤獨 (MC kwean kwaeX ku duwk).
Noun
[edit]- (literally) Widowers and widowed, orphans and childless elderly.
- (idiomatic) the lonely people of the world
References
[edit]- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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