都落ち

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みやこ
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
都落ち (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (miyako, capital city) +‎ 落ち (ochi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 落ちる (ochiru), “to end in).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やこおち [mìyákóóchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲija̠ko̞o̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

(みやこ)() • (miyakoochi

  1. escaping from Kyoto (or other capital) to the provinces
  2. moving house from a large city, especially Tokyo, to the provinces
  3. (card games) in 大富豪 (daifugō), a rule that when the top player (also known as daifugō) cannot win, that player will be in last place or 大貧民 (daihinmin)

Verb

(みやこ)()する • (miyakoochi surusuru (stem (みやこ)() (miyakoochi shi), past (みやこ)()した (miyakoochi shita))

  1. to escape from Kyoto (or other capital) to the provinces
  2. to move house from a large city, especially Tokyo, to the provinces
  3. (card games) in 大富豪 (daifugō), to be placed in 大貧民 (daihinmin) with the miyakoochi rule

Conjugation

References

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