せきのやま

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
関の山

Etymology

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(Seki) +‎ (no, possessive particle) +‎ (yama, festival float, referring to 山車 (dashi)), literally the Seki festival float. Seki is a city in Gifu Prefecture, which was famous for having the most spectacular festival float. It came to be thought that no float could be made taller or better than that of Seki, hence it came to be used metonymically for the pinnacle or ultimate height of something.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) きのやま [sèkínóyámáꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞kʲino̞ja̠ma̠]

Noun

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せきやま (seki-no-yamaせきのやま (sekinoyama)?

  1. the most one can do

References

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