分け前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	前
わ Grade: 2	まえ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

分(わ)け (wake, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 分(わ)ける (wakeru, “to share”)) + 前(まえ) (-mae, “a portion, an amount”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わけまえ [wàkémáꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) わけまえ [wàkémáé] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) わけまえ [wàkéꜜmàè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ke̞ma̠e̞]

Noun

分(わ)け前(まえ) • (wakemae) ^{←わけまへ (wakemafe)?}

1. portion, share

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN