依怙贔屓

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Hyōgai
ひ > ひい
Hyōgai

Hyōgai
goon kan'on kan'yōon on'yomi
Alternative spellings
依估贔屓
えこ贔屓
依怙贔負

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こひいき [èkóhíꜜìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ko̞çiːkʲi]

Noun

()()(ひい)() • (ekohīki

  1. prejudicial treatment, favoritism

Verb

()()(ひい)()する • (ekohīki surusuru (stem ()()(ひい)() (ekohīki shi), past ()()(ひい)()した (ekohīki shita))

  1. to show prejudicial treatment, to display favoritism

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN