座右の銘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座 右 銘
ざ
Grade: 6 		ゆう
Grade: 1 		めい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

座(ざ)右(ゆう) (zayū, “by one's (right) side”) + の (no, “genitive particle”) + 銘(めい) (mei, “inscription, motto”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ざゆうのめー [zàyúú nó méꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡za̠jɯ̟ː no̞ me̞ː]

Noun

座(ざ)右(ゆう)の銘(めい) • (zayū no mei) 

  1. motto; favorite saying

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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