腰抜け

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腰	抜
こし Grade: S	ぬ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
腰拔け (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 腰 (koshi) +‎ 抜け (nuke, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 抜ける (nukeru)). From the phrase 腰が抜ける (koshi ga nukeru, “to be unable to stand up”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こしぬけ [kòshínúké] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) こしぬけ [kòshínúkéꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ɕinɯ̟ke̞]

Noun

腰(こし)抜(ぬ)け • (koshinuke)

coward

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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