おまけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
お負け (rare)
御負け (rare)

Etymology

From 御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 負(ま)け (make, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 負(ま)ける (makeru, “to lower in price”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おまけ [òmáké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ma̠ke̞]

Noun

おまけ or オマケ • (omake) ←おまけ (omake)?

  1. bonus, extra, freebie
    Synonyms: ロハ (roha), サービス (sābisu), ただ (tada), 無料 (muryō)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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