修羅場

Chinese

		asura	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (修羅場)		修羅	場
simp. (修罗场)		修罗	场

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “figurative senses from Japanese”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūluóchǎng, xiūluócháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lo⁴ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūluóchǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouluóchǎng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-lo²-chʻang³
    • Yale: syōu-lwó-chǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouluochaang
    • Palladius: сюлочан (sjuločan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūluócháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouluócháng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-lo²-chʻang²
    • Yale: syōu-lwó-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouluocharng
    • Palladius: сюлочан (sjuločan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ lo⁴ coeng⁴
    • Yale: sāu lòh chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lo⁴ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ lo⁴ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Noun

修羅場

1. (Buddhism) location of the fight between the asura and Śakra-led deva
2. (figuratively) battlefield with dreadful and ferocious fighting
3. (figuratively) difficulties in love relationships

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
修	羅	場
しゅ Grade: 5	ら Grade: S	じょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Compound of 修羅(しゅら) (shura, alternative name of 阿(あ)修(しゅ)羅(ら) (ashura), "Asura") + 場(じょう) (jō, “place”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅらじょー [shùráꜜjòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) しゅらじょー [shùrájóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨɾa̠ʑo̞ː]

Noun

修(しゅ)羅(ら)場(じょう) • (shurajō) ^{←しゆらぢやう (syuradyau)?}

1. (Buddhism) location of the fight between the (king of) Asuras and 帝釈天 (Teishakuten, “Śakra”)
2. (by extension) a fighting scene; a scene of carnage or bloodshed​

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
修	羅	場
しゅ Grade: 5	ら Grade: S	ば Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Likely from shurajō above, utilizing the kun'yomi reading of ba in 場 to differentiate from the Buddhist term. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅらば [shùrábá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しゅらば [shùrábáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨɾa̠ba̠]

Noun

修(しゅ)羅(ら)場(ば) • (shuraba) 

1. slaughterhouse; scene of carnage or bloodshed; shambles
2. (colloquial) difficulties (in a love relationship)
3. (colloquial) crunch time

Derived terms

• 修(しゅ)羅(ら)場(ば)る (shurabaru, “to (have a situation) descend to mayhem”)

References

• “修羅場”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026