八百屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	百	屋
や Grade: 1	お Grade: 1	や Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やおや [yàóyá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠o̞ja̠]

Noun

八(や)百(お)屋(や) • (yaoya) ^{←やほや (yafoya)^?}

greengrocer
a miscellany of interests and skills
a jack of all trades

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN