Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1

Grade: S
kan'on

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Adjective

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(たい)() (taigu-na (adnominal (たい)() (taigu na), adverbial (たい)() (taigu ni))

  1. exceedingly foolish
    • 1922, Tsukamoto Tetsuzō, Rōshi, Sōshi, Resshi, translation of Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi by Zhang Zhen, page 344:
      (たい)()ものは(いっ)(しょう)(がい)(がん)()にしてならず
      Taigu na mono wa isshōgai ganba ni shite narazu
      The most foolish person goes their entire life without great endeavor

Noun

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(たい)() (taigu

  1. a great folly, something very foolish
  2. a very foolish person
    • 2020, Taigu Genshō, Jinsei ga kakujitsu ni kawaru: Taigu Genshō no kotae [The only certainty is change: Taigu Gensho’s answer], page 87:
      しかし、()(しょう)はそれだと(わたし)がまた(たい)(けん)()()そうとしてしまうから、(たい)()のままであれ、と()いたかったんですね。
      Shikashi, shishō wa sore da to watashi ga mata taiken o mezasō to shite shimau kara, taigu no mama de are, to ītakattan desu ne.
      But, the Master declared that since my aim was still to become a great sage, then I must remain a great fool.
  3. a deprecatory term of reference for oneself