鶏群の一鶴
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 鶏 | 群 | 一 | 鶴 |
| けい Grade: S |
ぐん Grade: 4 |
いつ > いっ Grade: 1 |
かく Grade: S |
| kan’on | goon | kan’on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鷄群の一鶴 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Based on a passage from the Book of Jin.[1][2]
Semi-calque of Chinese 鶴立雞群／鹤立鸡群 (hèlìjīqún, literally “a single crane standing out amongst a flock of chickens”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Idiom[edit]
- a great man standing out among the crowd
References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters