鵜飼い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鵜	飼
う Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うかい [ùkáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) うかい [úꜜkàì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ka̠i]

Noun

鵜(う)飼(か)い or 鵜飼(うが)い • (ukai or ugai) ^{←うかひ (ukafi) or うがひ (ugafi)^?}

Synonyms

(cormorant fishermen):

鵜匠(うしょう) (ushō)
鵜飼(うか)い人(びと) (ukaibito)
鵜人(うびと) (ubito)

Derived terms

鵜(う)飼(か)い火(び) (ukaibi)
鵜(う)飼(か)い船(ぶね) (ukaibune)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN