お人好し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
御人好し
お人よし

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひとよし [òhítóyóshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ひとよし [òhítóꜜyòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞çito̞jo̞ɕi]

Adjective

(ひと)() • (ohitoyoshi) -na (adnominal (ひと)() (ohitoyoshi na), adverbial (ひと)() (ohitoyoshi ni))

  1. kind-hearted and easily deceived or taken advantage of

Inflection

References

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