ものしり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
物知り
物識り

Etymology

Compound of 物 (mono, “thing, things”) +‎ 知り (shiri, “knowing; knower”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 知る (shiru, “to know something”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ものしり • (monoshiri) 

  1. もの知り:person of extensive knowledge

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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