右衛門

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
右 衛 門
う
Grade: 1 		え
Grade: 5 		もん
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
右衞門 (kyūjitai)
  • (Tokyo) うえもん [ùémóń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟e̞mõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

右(う)衛(え)門(もん) • (Uemon) ←うゑもん (Uwemon)?

  1. clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu)
  2. (dated) a male given name

Pronunciation 2

/uwemon/ → /wemon/ → /emon/

Kanji in this term
右 衛 門
うえ > え もん
Grade: 2
Grade: 1 Grade: 5
irregular goon
Alternative spelling
右衞門 (kyūjitai)
  • (Tokyo) えもん [éꜜmòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [e̞mõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

右衛(え)門(もん) • (Emon) ←ゑもん (Wemon)?

  1. clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu)
  2. (dated) a male given name

Suffix

右衛(え)門(もん) • (-emon) ←ゑもん (-wemon)?

  1. (dated) suffix for male given names
    五(ご)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Goemon”)
    源(げん)五(ご)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Gengoemon”)
    数(かず)右衛(え)門(もん) (“Kazuemon”)

See also

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