かす
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See also: かず
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
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粕 糟 滓 渣 |
Possibly from Old Japanese. First cited to the Wamyō Ruijushō of 934 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 934] 粕, 糟: in sake production, the dregs or lees left over after extracting the liquid from the fermented rice mash
- [from 934] 滓, 渣: the sediment, impurities, dregs, or lees on the bottom of a container after a liquid has settled
- [from 1002] 滓, 渣: anything left over after everything useful or good has been extracted
- [from 1786] 滓, 渣: (derogatory) insulting reference to a person
- [from 1786] 滓, 渣: (playing cards) in 花札 (hanafuda, “traditional Japanese flower playing cards”), a one-point card, a garbage card
- Synonym: (garbage card) かすふだ (kasufuda)
- [from 1820] 粕, 糟: (figurative) a scolding, terrible criticism (only used in this sense in the set phrase 粕を食う, 糟を食う (kasu o kuu, literally “to eat the dregs”))
Derived terms
[edit]- カスラック (kasurakku): Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers
- 糟を食う (kasu o kuu): “to eat the dregs” → to receive a scolding, to receive terrible criticism
- ケロカス (kerokasu): a fan of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team
- ツイカス (tsuikasu): a Twitter user
- ブリカス (burikasu): a British person
- パチカス (pachikasu): a pachinko addict
- ヤニカス (yanikasu): a tobacco addict
Etymology 2
[edit]For pronunciation and definitions of かす – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, かす (kasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as かす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かす.) |
Etymology 3
[edit]Any of various Chinese-derived terms.
For pronunciation and definitions of かす – see the following entries. | ||
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(This term, かす (kasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as かす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かす.) |
(The following entries are uncreated: 架す, 嫁す, 痂す, 呵す.)
References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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