藪医者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藪	医	者
やぶ Hyōgai (ateji)	い Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 3
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
やぶ医者

Etymology

Compound of 野(や)巫(ぶ) (yabu, “rural witch doctor”) + 医(い)者(しゃ) (isha, “doctor; medical man; physician”). Note that the 藪(やぶ) (yabu, “bush”) is an ateji.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やぶいしゃ [yàbúíshá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ja̠bɯ̟iɕa̠]

Noun

藪(やぶ)医(い)者(しゃ) • (yabuisha)

a quack, horse doctor; poor doctor, inept doctor

References

^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN