食い物

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
もの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
食物

Etymology

Compound of () (kui, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (kuu, to eat, informal)) + (もの) (mono, thing).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(もの) • (kuimonoくひもの (kufimono)?

  1. food
  2. a sexual partner
  3. a patsy, someone tricked into being used for someone else's gain

Verb

()(もの)する • (kuimono suruくひもの (kufimono)?suru (stem ()(もの) (kuimono shi), past ()(もの)した (kuimono shita))

  1. to cook, to prepare food

Conjugation

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. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN