肝試し

Japanese edit

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肝試し

Kanji in this term
肝	試
きも Grade: S	ため > だめ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 肝 +‎ 試し, literally "a test on one's liver". The tameshi changes to dameshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) きもだめし [kìmódáꜜmèshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲimo̞da̠me̞ɕi]

Noun edit

肝(きも)試(だめ)し • (kimodameshi)

(idiomatic) test of courage; dare

Synonyms edit

試胆会(したんかい) (shitankai)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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