粉骨砕身
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See also: 粉骨碎身
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 粉 | 骨 | 砕 | 身 |
| ふん Grade: 5 |
こつ Grade: 6 |
さい Grade: S |
しん Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi | |||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 粉骨碎身 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 粉骨 (funkotsu, “bone-breaking exertion”, literally “powdering the bones”) + 砕身 (saishin, “breaking the body”, with overtones of working at something so devotedly that one breaks one's body).[1] Compare Chinese 粉身碎骨 (fěn shēn suì gǔ) and 粉骨碎身 (fěn gǔ suì shēn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
粉骨砕身 • (funkotsu saishin)
- exerting oneself to the utmost, doing one's best
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 粉 read as ふん
- Japanese terms spelled with 骨 read as こつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 砕 read as さい
- Japanese terms spelled with 身 read as しん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters
- Japanese yojijukugo