大愚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	愚
たい Grade: 1	ぐ Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠iɡɯ̟]

Adjective

大(たい)愚(ぐ) • (taigu) -na (adnominal 大(たい)愚(ぐ)な (taigu na), adverbial 大(たい)愚(ぐ)に (taigu ni))

1. exceedingly foolish
   • 1922, Tsukamoto Tetsuzō, Rōshi, Sōshi, Resshi, translation of Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi by Zhang Zhen, page 344:

     大(たい)愚(ぐ)なものは一(いっ)生(しょう)涯(がい)頑(がん)張(ば)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

大(たい)愚(ぐ) • (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、師(し)匠(しょう)はそれだと私(わたし)がまた大(たい)賢(けん)を目(め)指(ざ)そうとしてしまうから、大(たい)愚(ぐ)のままであれ、と言(い)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