愛読者

Japanese
Kanji in this term
愛 読 者
あい
Grade: 4		 どく
Grade: 2		 しゃ
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
愛讀者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 愛読 (aidoku, “loving to read”) +‎ 者 (sha, “person”).

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) あいど​くしゃ [àídóꜜkùshà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
    • IPA(key): [a̠ido̞kɯ̟ᵝɕa̠]

    Noun

    愛(あい)読(どく)者(しゃ) • (aidokusha) 

    1. book-lover; avid reader
      あの本(ほん)は愛読者(あいどくしゃ)が甚(はなは)だしく多(おお)い。
      Ano hon wa aidokusha ga hanahadashiku ōi.
      That book has extremely many avid readers.

    References
    1. 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
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