大道商人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 道 商 人
だい
Grade: 1 		どう
Grade: 2 		しょう
Grade: 3 		にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 大道 (daidō, “avenue, main street, major road”) +‎ 商人 (shōnin, “business person, merchant, dealer, tradesman”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だいどーしょーにん [dàídóó shóꜜònìǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ido̞ː ɕo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

大(だい)道(どう)商(しょう)人(にん) • (daidō shōnin) ←だいだうしやうにん (daidausyaunin)?

  1. a street vendor, a pitchman, a huckster, a peddler

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