赤の他人
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 赤 | 他 | 人 |
| あか Grade: 1 |
た Grade: 3 |
にん Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | on'yomi | goon |
Etymology
Compound of 赤 (aka, “clearly, obviously, completely”, literally “red”) + の (no, possessive marker) + 他人 (tanin, “other person”).[1][2][3][4][5]
First attested in a 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”) script from 1702.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) あかのたにん [áꜜkà nò tànìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[7][2][3][8] incorrectly approximated by the cited dictionary's restrictively simplistic single-accent style
- IPA(key): [a̠ka̠ no̞ ta̠ɲ̟ĩɴ]
Noun
赤の他人 • (aka no tanin)
References
- ^ “赤の他人/あかのたにん”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “赤の他人”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2012), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN