Kanji details for 鰥
鰥
widower, unmarried man
KUN:
- やもめyamome
- やもおyamoo
ON:
- カンkan
- コンkon
Example words(showing 7 results)
noun
1.
widower, divorced man not remarried
See also:女やもめ
2.
bachelor, single man
All readings:
男やもめ【おとこやもめ】
、男鰥【おとこやもめ】
expression
•
widowers are untidy, a man alone soon goes to seed, a man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him(proverb)
All readings:
男やもめに蛆がわく【おとこやもめにうじがわく】
、男やもめにうじがわく【おとこやもめにうじがわく】
、男鰥に蛆が湧く【おとこやもめにうじがわく】
noun
•
with no one upon whom to depend, utter loneliness, the lonely and the helpless, people who have no kith or kin(yojijukugo)
noun
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Other readings:
やもめ《鰥夫》