分け前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分 前
わ
Grade: 2
まえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

分(わ)け (wake, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)ける (wakeru, “to share”)) + 前(まえ) (-mae, “a portion, an amount”)

Pronunciation

Noun

分(わ)け前(まえ) • (wakemae) ←わけまへ (wakemafe)?

  1. portion, share

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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