科負比丘尼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
科	負	比	丘	尼
とが Grade: 2	お(い) Grade: 3	び Grade: 5	く Grade: S	に Grade: S
kun'yomi		goon

Alternative spelling
科負い比丘尼

Etymology

Compound of 科 (toga, “fault, blame”) +‎ 負い (oi, “bearing”, the continuative or nominal form of verb 負う (ou, “to bear as a burden”)) +‎ 比丘尼 (bikuni, “Buddhist nun”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

First attested in 1693.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とがおいびくに [tògáóíꜜ bìkùnì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɡa̠o̞i bʲikɯ̟ɲ̟i]

Noun

科(とが)負(おい)比(び)丘(く)尼(に) • (togaoi bikuni) ^{←とがおひびくに (togaofibikuni)^?}

[from 1693] (historical) a Buddhist nun hired by a high-ranking noble household to accompany a noblewoman in public and take the blame for her farts and other public faults, in the late Muromachi period or Edo period
Synonym: 屁負比丘尼 (heoi bikuni, literally “fart-bearing Buddhist nun”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “科負比丘尼”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “科負い比丘尼”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “科負比丘尼”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-2] “科負い比丘尼”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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