美人局

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
つつもたせ
Grade: 3 Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Etymology[edit]

From (つつ) (tsutsu, tube, pipe) + ()たせ (motase, noun form of ()たせる (motaseru), itself the causative form of () (motsu), "to have").

The kanji are an example of jukujikun, from Chinese 美人局.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) つもたせ [tsùtsúmóꜜtàsè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝt͡sɨᵝmo̞ta̠se̞]

Noun[edit]

美人局(つつもたせ) (tsutsumotase

  1. badger game

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References[edit]

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