Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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()()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

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References

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