大金持ち

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 金 持
おお
Grade: 1		 かね > がね
Grade: 1		 も
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
大金持

Etymology

Compound of 大 +‎ 金持ち. The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おおがね​もち [òógánéꜜmòchì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) おおが​ねもち [òógáꜜnèmòchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːɡa̠ne̞mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

大(おお)金(がね)持(も)ち • (ōganemochi) 

  1. the very rich, the super rich
    Synonyms: 富豪, 百万長者, 資産家

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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