骨董

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 骨董 – see 古董 (“antique; curio; old fogy”). (This term, 骨董, is a variant form of 古董.)

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) こっとー [kòttóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞t̚to̞ː]

骨董 (hiragana こっとう, rōmaji kottō)

antique, curio
- 1906, 夏目漱石, 草枕:
  「父 (ちち)が骨董 (こっとう)が大好 (だいす)きですから、だいぶいろいろなものがあります。
  “Chichi ga kottō ga daisuki desu kara, daibu iroiro na mono ga arimasu.
  My father loves curios so he has everything you could imagine.

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

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