姥捨て
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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姥 | 捨 |
うば Jinmeiyō |
す Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
From 姥捨山 (Ubasute Yama), according to legend a place where old people were abandoned, from 姥 (uba, “old woman”) + 捨てる (suteru, “to abandon, throw away”).
Noun
姥捨て (hiragana うばすて, rōmaji ubasute)
- granny dumping, the practice of abandoning older people
- Synonym: 棄老 (kirō)
References
- Martin Collick, David P. Dutcher, Souichi Tanabe, and Minori Kaneko (2004) Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary 5th edition, Tokyo: Kenkyūsha.
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