Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そこ
Grade: 4
ちから > ぢから
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (soko, bottom) +‎ (chikara, strength). The chikara changes to jikara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(そこ)(ぢから) (sokojikara

  1. underlying strength

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

底力 (jeoryeok) (hangeul 저력)

  1. Hanja form? of 저력 (underlying strength; latent power).