尾籠

See also: 尾篭

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
尾 籠
び
Grade: S
ろう
Grade: S
kan’on

Change from the native Japanese (kun'yomi) reading of 痴 (woko → oko) to the Sino-Japanese (on'yomi) reading of birō.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) びろー [bìróó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [bʲiɾo̞ː]

Adjective

尾(び)籠(ろう) • (birō) -na (adnominal 尾(び)籠(ろう)な (birō na), adverbial 尾(び)籠(ろう)に (birō ni))

  1. careless, thoughtless, rude, improper
  2. shameful, dishonorable
  3. obscene
  4. dirty, impure (with regard to moral character)
Inflection

Noun

尾(び)籠(ろう) • (birō) 

  1. carelessness, thoughtlessness, rudeness, impropriety
  2. shamefulness, dishonor
  3. obscenity
  4. dirtiness, impurity (with regard to moral character)
Derived terms
  • 尾(び)籠(ろう)げ (birōge)
  • 慇(いん)懃(ぎん)尾(び)籠(ろう) (ingin birō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
尾 籠
お
Grade: S
(ateji)
こ
Grade: S
(ateji)
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 尾籠 – see the following entry.
【痴おこ】S
[adjective] foolish, absurd
[adjective] indecent, indelicate
[noun] foolishness, stupidity
[noun] indecency, indelicateness
Alternative spellings
烏滸, 嗚呼
(This term, 尾籠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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