粉骨砕身
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See also: 粉骨碎身
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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粉 | 骨 | 砕 | 身 |
ふん Grade: 5 |
こつ Grade: 6 |
さい Grade: S |
しん Grade: 3 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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- 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
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- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
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- Japanese terms with 4 kanji
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