気違い
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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気 | 違 |
き Grade: 1 |
ちが Grade: S |
kan'on | kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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氣違い (kyūjitai) 気狂い 基地外 |
Etymology
Compound of 気 (ki, “mind, temperament, character; mood, spirit”) + 違い (chigai, “difference; mistake”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 違う (chigau, “to differ; to be mistaken”)).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
気違い or 気違い • (kichigai) ←きちがひ (kitigafi)?
- (vulgar) madness, insanity
- (vulgar, derogatory) an insane person
- (vulgar) enthusiasm
- (vulgar) enthusiast, fan
- 2003, Edward Elmer Smith, ファースト・レンズマン (Fāsuto Renzuman) [First Lensman], →ISBN:
Usage notes
This term has been used with a sense of discrimination or insult in the past, and thus works that include this term may encounter difficulty in publishing.
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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