馬脚

See also: 马脚 and 馬腳

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 馬腳 (“horse's feet; etc.”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 馬腳).

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
きゃく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きゃく [bàkyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠kʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

()(きゃく) • (bakyaku

  1. horse's legs
  2. (theater) someone who plays a horse's legs
  3. (by extension) one's true character or circumstances

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