受け皿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
受	皿
う Grade: 3	さら > ざら Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 受け (uke, “receiving”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 受ける (ukeru, “to receive”)) +‎ 皿 (sara, “plate, dish”).[1][2] The sara changes to zara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うけざら [ùkéꜜzàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
(Tokyo) うけざら [ùkézárá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞za̠ɾa̠]

Noun

受(う)け皿(ざら) • (ukezara)

a saucer
preparedness to take responsibility for things

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN