けんもほろろ

Japanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んもほろろ [kéꜜǹmòhòròrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞mːo̞ho̞ɾo̞ɾo̞]

Adjective

けんもほろろ • (kenmohororo-na (adnominal けんもほろろ (kenmohororo na), adverbial けんもほろろ (kenmohororo ni))

  1. curt (in refusals); brusque; blunt; flat

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN