赤の他人

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あか
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
にん
Grade: 1
kun'yomi on'yomi goon

Etymology

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Compound of (aka, clearly, obviously, completely, literally red) +‎ (no, possessive marker) +‎ 他人 (tanin, other person).[1][2][3][4]

First attested in a 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, puppet theater) script from 1702.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あか)()(にん) (aka no tanin

  1. [from 1702] (idiomatic) a complete stranger

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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

Further reading

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