いのちがけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
命懸け 命掛け 命がけ

Etymology

From 命(いのち) (inochi) + 懸(か)け (kake, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 懸(か)ける (kakeru).”). The kake changes to gake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いのちがけ [ìnóchígáké] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) いのちがけ​ [ìnóchígákéꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ino̞t͡ɕiɡa̠ke̞]

Noun

いのちがけ • (inochigake) 

1. indifference to potential loss to life; recklessly dangerous