Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
そこ > ぞこ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 死に損なう.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) にぞこない [shìnízókónáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɲ̟izo̞ko̞na̠i]

Noun

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()(ぞこ)ない or ()(そこ)ない (shinizokonai or shinisokonaiしにぞこなひ (sinizokonafi)?

  1. someone who survived, someone who escaped death
  2. dotard

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN