水商売

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 商 売
みず
Grade: 1		 しょう
Grade: 3		 ばい
Grade: 2
kun’yomi on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
水商賣 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 商売 (shōbai, “business, trade”).[1][2][3][4][5]

First cited to a text from 1747.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みずしょ​ーばい [mìzúshóꜜòbàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4][5][6]
  • IPA(key): [mʲizɨᵝɕo̞ːba̠i]

Noun

水(みず)商(しょう)売(ばい) • (mizu shōbai) 

  1. bar and restaurant business
  2. chancy trade
  3. nightlife business

References
  1. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. “水商売”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  3. “水商売”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 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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