韋駄天

韋駄天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
韋	駄	天
い Hyōgaiji	だ Grade: S	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いだてん [ìdátéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ida̠tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

韋駄天 (hiragana いだてん, rōmaji idaten, historical hiragana ゐだてん)

1. (Buddhism) Skanda (Buddhism)
2. fast-footed person

Derived terms

• 韋駄天走 (いだてんばし)り (idatenbashiri): running extremely fast

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3