砲弾の餌食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砲	弾	餌	食
ほう Grade: S	だん Grade: S	え Grade: S	じき Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 砲弾 (hōdan, “a cannonball; a shell”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 餌食 (ejiki, “prey; victim”), calque of English cannon fodder.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ho̞ːdã̠n no̞ e̞ʑikʲi]

Noun

砲弾の餌食 (hiragana ほうだんのえじき, rōmaji hōdan no ejiki)

cannon fodder

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