尾籠

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

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Grade: S
kun’yomi

/woko//oko/

From Old Japanese.[1] The 尾籠 spelling is ateji.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

尾籠 (-na inflection, hiragana おこ, rōmaji oko, historical hiragana をこ)

  1. Alternative spelling of : absurd, foolish; indecent, indelicate

Noun

尾籠 (hiragana おこ, rōmaji oko, historical hiragana をこ)

  1. Alternative spelling of : foolishness, stupidity; indecency, indelicateness

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ろう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Change in reading from the kun'yomi of oko to the on'yomi of birō.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

尾籠 (-na inflection, hiragana びろう, rōmaji birō)

  1. careless, thoughtless, rude, improper
  2. shameful, dishonorable
  3. obscene
  4. dirty, impure (with regard to moral character)
Inflection

Noun

尾籠 (hiragana びろう, rōmaji birō)

  1. carelessness, thoughtlessness, rudeness, impropriety
  2. shamefulness, dishonor
  3. obscenity
  4. dirtiness, impurity (with regard to moral character)

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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