身投げ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
身	投
み Grade: 3	な Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 身(み) (mi, “body”) + 投(な)げ (nage, “throwing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 投(な)げる (nageru, “to throw”).). Literally, "throwing one's body".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みなげ [mìnágé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) みなげ [mìnágéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠ɡe̞]

Noun

身(み)投(な)げ • (minage) 

1. death by jumping into a body of water

Synonyms

• 入水(じゅすい) (jusui), 入水(にゅうすい) (nyūsui)