社会の窓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
社 会 窓
しゃ
Grade: 2 		かい
Grade: 2 		まど
Grade: 6
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
社會の窓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From a social documentary radio program of the same name (1948-1960), literally “Society’s Window”.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゃかいのまど [sháꜜkàì nò màdò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠ka̠i no̞ ma̠do̞]

Noun

社(しゃ)会(かい)の窓(まど) • (shakai no mado) ←しやくわいのまど (syakwai no mado)?

  1. (dated, euphemistic) trouser fly, zipper, barn door
    社(しゃ)会(かい)の窓(まど)が開(あ)いてるよ。
    Shakai no mado ga aiteru yo.
    Your fly is open.

See also

  • 理(り)科(か)の窓(まど) (rika no mado)

References

  1. ^ 社会の窓 (しゃかいのまど)とは【ピクシブ百科事典】
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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