極楽蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
極 楽 蜻 蛉
ごく
Grade: 4 		らく
Grade: 2 		とんぼ
Hyōgai Hyōgai
on'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spellings
極樂蜻蛉 (kyūjitai)
極楽とんぼ

Etymology

極楽(ごくらく) (gokuraku, “paradise”) + 蜻蛉(とんぼ) (tonbo, “dragonfly”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ごくらくとんぼ [gòkúrákútóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞kɯ̟ɾa̠kɯ̟tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

極(ごく)楽(らく)蜻蛉(とんぼ) • (gokuraku tonbo) 

  1. (somewhat derogatory) a carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky 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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