物知り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
物 知
もの
Grade: 3		 し
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 物 (mono, “thing”) +‎ 知り (shiri, “knowing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 知(し)る (shiru, “to know”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

物(もの)知(し)り • (monoshiri) 

  1. broad knowledge
    物(もの)知(し)り顔(かお)で言(い)った
    monoshiri kao de itta
    she said with a knowing look
  2. a very knowledgeable person

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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