船酔い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
船 酔
ふな
Grade: 2
よ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
船醉い (kyūjitai)
船酔

Etymology

Compound of 船(ふな) (funa, “boat, ship”) + 酔(よ)い (yoi, “motion sickness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

船(ふな)酔(よ)い • (funayoi) ←ふなよひ (funayofi)?

  1. seasickness

Hypernyms

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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