神出鬼没

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神 出 鬼 没
Grade: 3 Grade: 1 Grade: S Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 神出鬼沒／神出鬼没 (shénchūguǐmò). From Huainanzi.

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) しんしゅつきぼつ [shìńshútsúkíbótsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝt͡sɨᵝkʲibo̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

神出鬼没 (hiragana しんしゅつきぼつ, rōmaji shinshutsukibotsu)

  1. appearing and disappearing as one pleases

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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