上戸

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
上	戸
じょう Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーご [jóꜜògò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

上(じょう)戸(ご) • (jōgo) ^{←じやうご (zyaugo)?}

1. a heavy drinker; a person who likes drinking alcohol

   Antonym: 下戸 (geko)

2. (in compounds) a person who has some habit when drinking alcohol

Derived terms

• 怒(おこ)り上(じょう)戸(ご) (okori-jōgo)
• 泣(な)き上(じょう)戸(ご) (naki-jōgo)
• 笑(わら)い上(じょう)戸(ご) (warai-jōgo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
上	戸
じょう Grade: 1	こ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーこ [jóꜜòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːko̞]

Noun

上(じょう)戸(こ) • (jōko) ^{←じやうこ (zyauko)?}

1. in the ritsuryō (律令) system, a household (戸 (ko)) containing six or seven able-bodied men (正丁 (seitei))

   Coordinate terms: 大戸 (taiko), 中戸 (chūko), 下戸 (geko)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
上	戸
うえ Grade: 1	と Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うえと [ùétó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞to̞]

Proper noun

上(うえ)戸(と) • (Ueto) ^{←うへと (Ufeto)?}

1. a surname