臆病者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臆	病	者
おく Grade: S	びょう Grade: 3	もの Grade: 3
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai) 憶病者

Etymology

Compound of 臆病(おくびょう) (okubyō, “cowardly”) + 者(もの) (mono, “a human”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おくびょーもの [òkúbyóómónó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) おくびょーもの [òkúbyóómónóꜜ] (Odaka – [6])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟bʲo̞ːmo̞no̞]

Noun

臆(おく)病(びょう)者(もの) • (okubyōmono) ^{←おくびやうもの (okubyaumono)^?}

coward
Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) やっせんぼ

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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