起業家

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	業	家
き Grade: 3	ぎょう Grade: 3	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

起(き)業(ぎょう) (kigyō, “starting a business”) + 家(か) (-ka, “expert in..., professional in...”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きぎょーか [kìgyóóká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɡʲo̞ːka̠]

Noun

起(き)業(ぎょう)家(か) • (kigyōka) ^{←きげふか (kigefuka)^?}

entrepreneur

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