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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
ちょう
Grade: 3
めん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちょーめん [kìchóóméń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ちょーめん [kìchóꜜòmèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) ちょーめ [kìchóóméꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥t͡ɕo̞ːmẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

()(ちょう)(めん) • (kichōmen) きちやうめん (kityaumen)?-na (adnominal ()(ちょう)(めん) (kichōmen na), adverbial ()(ちょう)(めん) (kichōmen ni))

  1. methodical, scrupulous, meticulous
    • 1993 November 15 [1989 August 25], Sasaki, Noriko, “(どう)(ぶつ)のお()(しゃ)さん (とう)(じょう)(じん)(ぶつ)(しょう)(かい)”, in 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], 44th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 6:
      (すが)(わら)(きょう)(じゅ)
      かなり()(ちょう)(めん)(せん)(せい)
      Sugawara Kyōju
      Kanari kichōmen na sensei.
      Prof. Sugawara
      A considerably methodical teacher.

Inflection

Noun

()(ちょう)(めん) • (kichōmen) きちやうめん (kityaumen)?

  1. A post in a piece of woodwork which has been rounded down on the corner such that grooves run down the post lengthwise where the curves of the corner meet the flat surfaces of the sides.
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