七十五日

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
七	十	五	日
しち Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	ご Grade: 1	にち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

七十五 +‎ 日, literally "75 days"
From the proverb 人(ひと)の噂(うわさ)も七十五日(しちじゅうごにち) (hito no uwasa mo shichijūgonichi, “gossip lasts just 75 days”)^[1]
From the proverb 初物(はつもの)を食(く)えば七十五日生(しちじゅうごにちい)き延(の)びる (hatsumono o kueba shichijūgonichi ikinobiru, “eating the first product of the season makes one live 75 days longer”)^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) しちじゅうごにち [shìchíjúúgóꜜnìchì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕit͡ɕiʑɨᵝːɡo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Idiom edit

七(しち)十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち) • (shichijūgonichi)

eating the first product of the season make one live longer
a wonder lasts but nine days

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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