卑怯者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卑	怯	者
ひ Grade: S	きょう Hyōgai	もの Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 卑(ひ)怯(きょう) (hikyō, “cowardice”) + 者(もの) (mono, “person”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひきょーもの [hìkyóómónó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) ひきょーもの [hìkyóómónóꜜ] (Odaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [çikʲo̞ːmo̞no̞]

Noun

卑(ひ)怯(きょう)者(もの) • (hikyōmono) ^{←ひけふもの (fikefumono)^?}

coward

Synonyms

臆(おく)病(びょう)者(もの) (okubyōmono)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN