億万長者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
億 万 長 者
おく
Grade: 4 		まん
Grade: 2 		ちょう
Grade: 2 		しゃ > じゃ
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
億萬長者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 億万(おくまん) (okuman, “millions and millions”) + 長者(ちょうじゃ) (chōja, “rich person”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おくまんちょーじゃ [òkúmáńchóꜜòjà] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞kɯ̟mã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːʑa̠]

Noun

億(おく)万(まん)長(ちょう)者(じゃ) • (okumanchōja) ←おくまんちやうじや (okumantyauzya)?

  1. billionaire (wealth exceeding one billion (10⁹))
    Synonym: ビリオネア (birionea)

See also

References

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