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, “red”, used here to mean "clearly, obviously, completely") +‎ の (no, possessive marker) +‎ 他人 (tanin, “other person”).[1][2][3][4]

First attested in a 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”) script from 1702.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あかのたにん [áꜜkà nò tànìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[5]
IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ no̞ ta̠ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

赤(あか)の他(た)人(にん) • (aka no tanin)

[from 1702] (idiomatic) a complete stranger

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Further reading

Entry in Gogen-Allguide (in Japanese)

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