俎上

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
俎 上
そ
Hyōgaiji 		じょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

俎(そ)上(じょう) • (sojō) ←そじやう (sozyau)?

  1. (literally) on the chopping board
    俎上(そじょう)の魚(うお)
    sojō no uo
    (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (figuratively) Used to describe being under consideration.
    俎上(そじょう)に載(の)せる
    sojō ni noseru
    "to place on the chopping board": to place under consideration

References[edit]

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