賄い

賄い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賄
まかな Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 賄う.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まかない [màkánáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) まかな​い [màkánáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠ka̠na̠i]

Noun

賄い (hiragana まかない, rōmaji makanai, historical hiragana まかなひ)

1. boarding, meals; a person who prepares and serves food
2. Short for 賄い料理.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN