藪医者
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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藪 | 医 | 者 |
やぶ Hyōgaiji | い Grade: 3 | しゃ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi |
Etymology
A compound made from 野巫 (yabu /やぶ/, “rural witch doctor”) + 医者 (isha /いしゃ/, “doctor; medical man; physician”).Note that the 藪 (yabu /やぶ/, “bush”) is an ateji.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) やぶいしゃ [yàbúíshá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝiɕa̠]
Noun
藪医者 • (yabuisha)
- a quack, horse doctor; poor doctor, inept doctor
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN