Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 食い (連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of the verb () ()) +‎ 下がる

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()()がる (kuisagarugodan (stem ()()がり (kuisagari), past ()()がった (kuisagatta))

  1. to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
    Synonym: しがみつく
  2. to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
  3. (sumo) to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN