道楽者

道楽者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	楽	者
どう Grade: 2	らく Grade: 2	もの Grade: 3
goon	on’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
道樂者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 道楽 (dōraku, “drinking, womanizing, gambling, and other forms of hedonistic pursuits: dissipation”) +‎ 者 (-mono, “person”).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a work from 1686.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーらくもの [dòórákúmónó] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
• (Tokyo) どーらくもの​ [dòórákúmónóꜜ] (Odaka – [6])[3][5]
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝmo̞no̞]

Noun

道(どう)楽(らく)者(もの) • (dōrakumono) ^{←だうらくもの (daurakumono)?}

1. [from 1686] libertine, debauchee, playboy
   • 1927, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 河童 [Kappa]:

     その又(また)雌(めす)の河(かつ)童(ぱ)と云(い)ふのは亭(てい)主(しゆ)を殺(ころ)すつもりでゐたのです。何(なに)しろ亭(てい)主(しゆ)は道(だう)楽(らく)者(もの)でしたからね。

     Sono mata mesu no kappa to iu no wa teishu o korosu tsumori de ita no desu. Nani shiro teishu wa dōrakumono deshita kara ne.

     And so it turned out that said female kappa was planning on murdering her husband. It's no wonder; her husband was quite the debauchee.

References

1. “道楽者”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. “道楽者”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN