お受験

Japanese
Kanji in this term
受 験
じゅ
Grade: 3		 けん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
お受驗 (kyūjitai)
御受験 (rare)

Etymology

From お (o-, honorific prefix) + 受験(じゅけん) (juken, “taking an entrance exam”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [o̞ʑɨᵝkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

お受(じゅ)験(けん) • (o-juken) 

  1. (originally sardonic)[1] taking an entrance exam for preschool or elementary school

References
  1. 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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