何でも屋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何	屋
なん Grade: 2	や Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

なんでも屋

Etymology

From 何 (なん)でも (nan de mo, “even anything; everything”) + 屋 (や) (ya, “-ist”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [nã̠nde̞mo̞ja̠]

Noun

何でも屋 (hiragana なんでもや, rōmaji nan-de-mo-ya)

jack of all trades; general merchant

See also

器 (き)用 (よう)貧 (びん)乏 (ぼう) (kiyōbinbō, “jack of all trades; jack of all trades, master of none”)

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