億劫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
億 劫
おく > おっ
Grade: 4
こう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

Originally from Buddhism, literally "a trillion kalpa" or a very long time. The おっくう reading shifts from おっこう

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おっく​う [òkkúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞k̚kɯ̟ᵝː]
  • (Tokyo) おっこ​ー [òkkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞k̚ko̞ː]
  • (Tokyo) おくこ​ー [òkúkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞kɯ̟ᵝko̞ː]

Adjective

億劫(おっくう) or 億(おっ)劫(こう) or 億劫(おくこう) • (okkū or okkō or okukō) -na (adnominal 億劫(おっくう)な (okkū na), adverbial 億劫(おっくう)に (okkū ni))

  1. troublesome

Inflection

Noun

億劫(おっくう) or 億(おっ)劫(こう) or 億劫(おくこう) • (okkū or okkō or okukō) 

  1. trouble, hassle, bother
  2. (Buddhism) a trillion kalpa, eternity

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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