隠語

See also: 隱語

Japanese

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隠語

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Kanji in this term
隠	語
いん Grade: S	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
隱語 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound; from 隠 (in, “hidden”) +‎ 語 (go, “language”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いんご [ìńgó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ĩŋɡo̞]

• (Kyoto) いんご [ìngó] (Teiki – [0])^[1][3]
• (Kagoshima) いん​ご [ínꜜgò] (type A)^[3]

Noun

隠(いん)語(ご) • (ingo) 

1. a cant; argot
2. a riddle
3. obscene language
4. a cipher

References

1. “いん‐ご 【隠語】”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN