甲斐
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Chinese[edit]
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (甲斐) | 甲 | 斐 | |
| simp. #(甲斐) | 甲 | 斐 | |
Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 甲斐 (Kai).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
甲斐
- (～市) Kai (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 甲斐, Kai
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 甲 | 斐 |
| かい | |
| Grade: S | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 詮 効 |
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]
Derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 代う (kau, “to exchange or replace one thing with another”),[1][2] with the basic sense being "that which should be the result / outcome / replacement".[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 甲斐 (-gai, suffix)
- 不甲斐ない (fugainai)
Proper noun[edit]
- 甲斐: Kai (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)
- 甲斐: Kai Province, an old province of Japan
- 甲斐: a surname
- 甲斐: a male given name
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 甲 | 斐 |
| がい | |
| Grade: S | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
Shift from 甲斐 (kai). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[3][4][5][6]
First attested in a text from 1797.[4]
Pronunciation[edit]
- The pitch accent depends on the entire suffixed term.
Suffix[edit]
- value, reward, avail, being fruitful or worth doing
- 生きがいのある人生を送る
- ikigai no aru jinsei o okuru
- to live a life worth living
- 生きがいのある人生を送る
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “甲斐・詮”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “がい”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “甲斐”, in デジタル大辞泉[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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