食い下がる

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 食い (連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of the verb () ()) +‎ 下がる

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

()()がる (kuisagarugodan (stem ()()がり (kuisagari), past ()()がった (kuisagatta))

  1. to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
    Synonym: しがみつく
  2. to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
  3. (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN