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重箱読

重箱読

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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Noun

重箱読 (hiragana じゅうばこよみ, romaji jūbakoyomi)

  1. 重箱読み: A reading pattern for certain kanji compound words, using the Chinese-derived on'yomi for the first kanji, and the native Japanese kun'yomi for the second kanji.