上戸

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
上 戸
じょう
Grade: 1		 ご
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じょ​ーご [jóꜜògò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

上(じょう)戸(ご) • (jōgo) ←じやうご (zyaugo)?

  1. a heavy drinker; a person who likes drinking alcohol
    Antonym: 下戸 (geko)
  2. (in compounds) a person who has some habit when drinking alcohol
Derived terms
  • 怒(おこ)り上(じょう)戸(ご) (okori-jōgo)
  • 泣(な)き上(じょう)戸(ご) (naki-jōgo)
  • 笑(わら)い上(じょう)戸(ご) (warai-jōgo)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
上 戸
じょう
Grade: 1		 こ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じょ​ーこ [jóꜜòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːko̞]

Noun

上(じょう)戸(こ) • (jōko) ←じやうこ (zyauko)?

  1. in the ritsuryō (律令) system, a household (戸 (ko)) containing six or seven able-bodied men (正丁 (seitei))
    Coordinate terms: 大戸 (taiko), 中戸 (chūko), 下戸 (geko)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
上 戸
うえ
Grade: 1		 と
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うえと [ùétó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞to̞]

Proper noun

上(うえ)戸(と) • (Ueto) ←うへと (Ufeto)?

  1. a surname

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