金隠し

金隠し

Japanese

金隠し

Kanji in this term
金	隠
きん Grade: 1	かく Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
金隱し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 金 (kin, short for 金玉 (kintama, “testicles”)) +‎ 隠し (kakushi, continuative of 隠す (kakusu, “to hide”)), literally “the one that hides testicles”.

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
• (Tokyo) きんか​くし [kìńkáꜜkùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋka̠kɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

金(きん)隠(かく)し • (kinkakushi) 

1. shield placed in front of a squat toilet

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
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN