愛読者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛 読 者
あい
Grade: 4 		どく
Grade: 2 		しゃ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
愛讀者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 愛読 (aidoku, “loving to read”) +‎ 者 (sha, “person”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あいどくしゃ [àídóꜜkùshà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) あいどくしゃ [àídókúꜜshà] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ido̞kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

Noun

愛(あい)読(どく)者(しゃ) • (aidokusha) 

  1. book-lover; avid reader
    あの本(ほん)は愛読者(あいどくしゃ)が甚(はなは)だしく多(おお)い。
    Ano hon wa aidokusha ga hanahadashiku ōi.
    That book has extremely many avid readers.

References

  1. ^ 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
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