美人局

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	人	局
つつもたせ
Grade: 3	Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun

Etymology

From 筒(つつ) (tsutsu, “tube, pipe”) + 持(も)たせ (motase, noun form of 持(も)たせる (motaseru), itself the causative form of 持(も)つ (motsu), "to have").

The kanji are an example of jukujikun, from Chinese 美人局.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つつもたせ [tsùtsúmóꜜtàsè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝt͡sɨᵝmo̞ta̠se̞]

Noun

美人局(つつもたせ) • (tsutsumotase)

badger game

Derived terms

美人局(つつもたせ)をやる (tsutsumotase o yaru)

Further reading

Etymology entry for 美人局 at Gogen Jiten (Etymology Dictionary; in Japanese): http://gogen-allguide.com/tu/tsutsumotase.html

References

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

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