昼行灯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昼 行 灯
ひる
Grade: 2 		あん
Grade: 2 		とん > どん
Grade: 4
kun'yomi tōon
Alternative spelling
晝行燈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

昼(ひる) (hiru, “daytime”) + 行灯(あんどん) (andon, “andon (kind of lantern)”); literally, (as useless as a) lantern in the daytime.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひるあんどん [hìrúáꜜǹdòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çiɾɯ̟ã̠ndõ̞ɴ]

Noun

昼(ひる)行(あん)灯(どん) • (hiruandon) 

  1. (derogatory) idiot, useless person

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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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