幽霊屋敷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幽	霊	屋	敷
ゆう Grade: S	れい Grade: S	や Grade: 3	しき Grade: S
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
幽靈屋敷 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) (yūrei, “ghost”) + 屋(や)敷(しき) (yashiki, “mansion”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうれーやしき [yùúrééyáꜜshìkì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːɾe̞ːja̠ɕi̥kʲi]

Noun

幽(ゆう)霊(れい)屋(や)敷(しき) • (yūrei yashiki) ^{←いうれいやしき (iureiyasiki)^?}

haunted house
Synonym: お化け屋敷

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