大金持ち

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	金	持
おお Grade: 1	かね > がね Grade: 1	も Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
大金持

Etymology

Compound of 大金(おおがね) (ōgane) + 持(も)ち (mochi). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおがねもち [òógánéꜜmòchì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) おおがねもち [òógáꜜnèmòchì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːɡa̠ne̞mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

大(おお)金(がね)持(も)ち • (ōganemochi) ^{←おほがねもち (ofoganemoti)^?}

the very rich, the super rich
Synonyms: 富豪 (fugō), 百万長者 (hyakumanchōja), 資産家 (shisanka)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN