気違い沙汰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
気	違	沙	汰
き Grade: 1	ちが Grade: S	さ > ざ Grade: S	た Grade: S
kan’on	kun’yomi	kan’on	kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
氣違い沙汰 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 気違い (kichigai, “insanity, craziness, madness”) +‎ 沙汰 (sata, “an act; an affair, a situation”). The sata changes to zata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きちがいざた [kìchígáízátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲit͡ɕiɡa̠iza̠ta̠]

Noun

気(き)違(ちが)い沙(ざ)汰(た) • (kichigai-zata) ^{←きちがひざた (kitigafizata)?}

1. crazy behavior, an insane situation

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN