障害

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 6
がい
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
障碍
障礙
障がい

Etymology

is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーがい [shòógáí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

(しょう)(がい) • (shōgaiしやうがい (syaugai)?

  1. impediment, obstacle, handicap

Derived terms

Compounds

Verb

(しょう)(がい)する • (shōgai suruしやうがい (syaugai)?suru (stem (しょう)(がい) (shōgai shi), past (しょう)(がい)した (shōgai shita))

  1. obstruct

Conjugation

Usage notes

This term was originally written as (しょう)(がい) (shōgai), but replaced by (しょう)(がい) (shōgai) in the national language reform due to (がい) (gai) not listed in (とう)(よう)(かん)() (Tōyō kanji) (Chinese characters for daily use, now replaced by (じょう)(よう)(かん)() (Jōyō kanji)). The character (がい) (gai) could also mean harm, so or がい are often used in place of it to avoid its negative connotation.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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