幽霊屋敷

Japanese
Kanji in this term
幽 霊 屋 敷
ゆう
Grade: S		 れい
Grade: S		 や
Grade: 3		 しき
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
幽靈屋敷 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) (yūrei, “ghost”) + 屋(や)敷(しき) (yashiki, “mansion”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ゆうれーや​しき [yùúrééyáꜜshìkì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːɾe̞ːja̠ɕi̥kʲi]

Noun

幽(ゆう)霊(れい)屋(や)敷(しき) • (yūrei yashiki) ←いうれいやしき (iureyasiki)?

  1. haunted house
    Synonym: お化け屋敷

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
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