Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hirabayashi

/hɪɹəbaɪˈɑʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: hirabayashi
IPA: /hɪɹəbaɪˈɑʃi/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Example Sentences

"On the morning of May 16, 1942, Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi arrived at the FBI office in Seattle, accompanied by a local lawyer, Arthur Barnett."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 平林 (Hirabayashi).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 平林

Inflected Forms

Hirabayashis (plural)

Rhymes With

kobayashi takahashi takashi washy hayashi akashi higashi squashy foshee

Questions

How do you pronounce hirabayashi?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɪɹəbaɪˈɑʃi/.
What does hirabayashi mean?: A surname from Japanese.
Where does hirabayashi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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