醜男

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
醜	男
ぶ Grade: S (ateji)	おとこ Grade: 1
irregular	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
ブ男

不(ぶ) (bu-, “non-, un-”) + 男(おとこ) (otoko, “man”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶおとこ [bùóꜜtòkò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟o̞to̞ko̞]

Noun

醜(ぶ)男(おとこ) • (buotoko)

ugly man

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
醜	男
しこ Grade: S	お Grade: 1
kun'yomi

醜(しこ) (shiko, “ugly”) + 男(お) (o, “man”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しこお [shìkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) しこお [shìkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiko̞o̞]

Noun

醜(しこ)男(お) • (shikoo)

synonym of 醜男 (buotoko, “ugly man”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN