赤の他人
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 赤 | 他 | 人 |
| あか Grade: 1 |
た Grade: 3 |
にん Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | on’yomi | goon |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”, used here to mean "clearly, obviously, completely") + の (no, possessive marker) + 他人 (tanin, “other person”).[1][2][3][4]
First attested in a 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”) script from 1702.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
赤の他人 • (aka no tanin)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- Entry in Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)
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