お転婆

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 3

Grade: S
Alternative spelling
お轉婆 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Dutch ontembaar (untamable, indomitable): (o, honorific prefix) +‎ (ten, to turn) +‎ (ba, old woman).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Adjectival noun

(てん)() (otenba-na (adnominal (てん)() (otenba na), adverbial (てん)() (otenba ni))

  1. tomboyish

Inflection

Noun

(てん)() (otenba

  1. tomboy

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN