堅物

Japanese
Kanji in this term
堅 物
かた
Grade: S		 ぶつ
Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かたぶつ [kàtábútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

堅(かた)物(ぶつ) • (katabutsu) 

  1. a straight-laced person, a moralist, a prude

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