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 (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).