歯医者

歯医者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歯	医	者
は Grade: 3	い Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 歯 (ha, “tooth, teeth”) +‎ 医者 (isha, “doctor”).

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) は​いしゃ [háꜜìshà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠iɕa̠]

Noun

歯医者 (hiragana はいしゃ, rōmaji haisha)

1. dentist

Synonyms

• 歯 (し)科 (か)医 (い) (shikai)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.