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偶像

偶像

Chinese

 
accidental; image; pair; mate
 
(look) like; similar (to); appearance; to appear; to seem; image; portrait; resemble; seem
simp. and trad.
(偶像)

Noun

偶像

  1. idol, statuette
  2. (figuratively) idol (person)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぐう
Grade: S
ぞう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

偶像 (hiragana ぐうぞう, romaji gūzō, historical hiragana ぐうざう)

  1. idol, statue
  2. cultural icon

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 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