日曜大工

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	曜	大	工
にち Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2	だい Grade: 1	く Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 日曜(にちよう) (nichiyō, “Sunday”) + 大工(だいく) (daiku, “carpenter”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にちよーだいく [nìchíyóó dáꜜìkù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕijo̞ː da̠ikɯ̟]

Noun

日(にち)曜(よう)大(だい)工(く) • (nichiyō daiku) ^{←にちえうだいく (nitieu daiku)^?}

do it yourself carpenter; hobbyist carpenter

References

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