常習犯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
常 習 犯
じょう
Grade: 5 		しゅう
Grade: 3 		はん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 常習(じょうしゅう) (jōshū) + 犯(はん) (-han).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょーしゅうはん [jòóshúꜜùhàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɕɨːhã̠ɴ]

Noun

常(じょう)習(しゅう)犯(はん) • (jōshūhan) ←じやうしふはん (zyausifufan)?

  1. repeat offender (of crime or a bad habit)

References

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