へそくり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
臍繰り
臍繰

Etymology

See 臍繰り金 (hesokurigane).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) へそくり [hèsókúríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) へそくり [hèsókúrí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [he̞so̞kɯ̟ɾʲi]
  • (Kyoto) へそくり [hésókúrí] (Kōki – [0])[1]

Noun

へそくり • (hesokuri) 

  1. [from 1731] clipping of 臍繰り金 (hesokurigane, “money that is kept secret and hidden from others”)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in kana.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.