つかいばしり

Japanese

Alternative spelling
使い走り

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 使(つか) (tsukai, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 使(つか) (tsukau, to use)) + (はし) (hashiri, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (はし) (hashiru, to run)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かいばしり [tsùkáíbáꜜshìrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) かいばしり [tsùkáíbáshírí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝka̠iba̠ɕiɾʲi]

Noun

つかいばしり • (tsukaibashiri) 

  1. gofer

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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