算盤高い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
算 盤 高
そろ
Grade: 2
ばん
Grade: S
たか > だか
Grade: 2
irregular goon kun’yomi

Etymology

From 算盤 (soroban, “abacus”) +‎ 高い (takai, “high”).

The takai changes to dakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そろばんだか​い [sòróbáńdákáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ɾo̞bã̠nda̠ka̠i]

Adjective

算(そろ)盤(ばん)高(だか)い • (sorobandakai) -i (adverbial 算(そろ)盤(ばん)高(だか)く (sorobandakaku))

  1. calculating, miserly, stingy
    Synonyms: 勘定高い (kanjōdakai), 計算高い (keisandakai)

Inflection

References

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