臆病

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おく
Grade: S
びょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
憶病

Pronunciation

Adjective

(おく)(びょう) (okubyō) おくびやう (okubyau)?-na (adnominal (おく)(びょう) (okubyō na), adverbial (おく)(びょう) (okubyō ni))

  1. cowardly; timid
    (かれ)夜外(よるそと)一人(ひとり)(ある)けないほど臆病(おくびょう)(ひと)である。
    Kare wa yoru soto o hitori de arukenai hodo okubyō na hito de aru.
    He is so timid that he can't walk outside alone at night.

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

(おく)(びょう) (okubyō) おくびやう (okubyau)?

  1. cowardice

Usage notes

Prior to the addition of the character to the Jōyō Kanji List in 2010, that character was substituted with , producing 憶病. This is the original form and the currently recommended form, but both forms remain in common use.

Synonyms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.