藪医者

Japanese

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

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): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝiɕa̠]

Noun

藪(やぶ)医(い)者(しゃ) • (yabuisha)

a quack, horse doctor; poor doctor, inept doctor

References

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
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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