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破格

破格

Chinese

 
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
frame; rule
simp. and trad.
(破格)

Verb

破格

  1. to break the rule (to employ or admit someone)
    破格錄取 / 破格录取   pògé lùqǔ   to grant special admission (to a university etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
かく
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

破格 (-na inflection, hiragana はかく, romaji hakaku)

  1. exceptional, special, above average
  2. ungrammatical, poor (in terms of writing)

Inflection

Noun

破格 (hiragana はかく, romaji hakaku)

  1. exceptionalness
    破格 (はかく)待遇 (たいぐう) (よろこ)んだ。
    Hakaku no taigū ni yorokonda.
    They were pleased with the exceptional hospitality.
  2. solecism

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.