分け前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	前
わ Grade: 2	まえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

分(わ)け (wake, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)ける (wakeru, “to share”)) + 前(まえ) (-mae, “a portion, an amount”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わけまえ [wàkémáꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) わけまえ [wàkémáé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) わけまえ [wàkéꜜmàè] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ke̞ma̠e̞]

Noun

分(わ)け前(まえ) • (wakemae) ^{←わけまへ (wakemafe)^?}

portion, share

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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