つんぼ

Japanese[edit]

Alternative spelling
聾

First attested in 1595.^[1] Further derivation unknown.

つんぼ • (tsunbo) ^{←つんぼ (tunbo)^?}

[from 1595] (likely offensive) deafness, deaf
Synonyms: 聾 (rō), 難聴 (nanchō), みみしい (mimishī, classical)
[from 1595] (likely offensive) a deaf person
Synonyms: (current) 聾者 (rōsha), 強度難聴者 (kyōdo nanchōsha, literally “severely hearing-impaired person”)

^ “つんぼ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN