刎頸の交わり

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刎	頸	交
ふん Hyōgaiji	けい Hyōgaiji	まじ(わり) Grade: 2
kan’yōon	kan’on	kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
刎頚の交わり (extended shinjitai) 刎頸之交 刎頚之交 (extended shinjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 刎頸之交 (wěnjǐngzhījiāo).

Idiom

刎頸(ふんけい)の交(まじ)わり • (funkei no majiwari) 

1. a solid friendship of no regret even if one is to be beheaded for the other; friends sworn to death, eternal friendship