自来也

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Japanese

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 自来也 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
らい
Grade: 2

Jinmeiyō
goon
Alternative spellings
自來也 (kyūjitai)
児雷也

Etymology

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Generally believed to be from the nickname of a legendary Chinese thief 我來也 recorded in 《諧史》 (13th century).[1][2] The thief was said to write "I have come" ("我來也") everywhere he committed theft. was changed to a near-synonym in the earliest Japanese spin-off 自来也説話 (1806).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()(らい)() (Jiraiya

  1. Jiraiya

References

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  1. ^ 《諧史》
  2. ^ 岡本綺堂「自来也の話」 (岡本綺堂 『綺堂随筆 江戸の思い出』 河出書房新社 2002年