船酔い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
船	酔
ふな Grade: 2	よ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
船醉い (kyūjitai) 船酔

Etymology

Compound of 船(ふな) (funa, “boat, ship”) + 酔(よ)い (yoi, “motion sickness”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふなよい [fùnáyóí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟na̠jo̞i]

Noun

船(ふな)酔(よ)い • (funayoi) ^{←ふなよひ (funayofi)^?}

seasickness

Hypernyms

乗(の)り物酔(ものよ)い (norimonoyoi)

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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN