糟糠の妻

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
糟	糠	妻
そう Hyōgaiji	こう Hyōgaiji	つま Grade: 5
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
糟糠之妻

Etymology edit

Composed of 糟糠 (sōkō, “sake lees and rice bran”, by extension, “poor, coarse, unrefined food”) + の (no, “possessive particle”) + 妻 (tsuma, “wife”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Calque of Literary Chinese 糟糠之妻 (zāokāngzhīqī).

First attested in a text from the 1170s.^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) そーこーのつま [sòókóó nó tsúmá] (Heiban – [0])^[6]
(Tokyo) そーこーのつま [sóꜜòkòò nò tsùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[6]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːko̞ː no̞ t͡sɨᵝma̠]

Noun edit

糟(そう)糠(こう)の妻(つま) • (sōkō no tsuma)

[from late 1170s] a faithful wife who has been with one through tough times and shared hardships

Synonyms edit

糟(そう)粕(はく)の妻(つま) (sōhaku no tsuma)

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “糟糠の妻”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ “糟糠の妻”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 “糟糠の妻”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-4] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[5] “糟糠の妻”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[SMK5-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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