雁字搦め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雁	字	搦
がん Jinmeiyō	じ Grade: 1	から > がら Hyōgaiji
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 雁字(がんじ) (ganji) + 搦(から)め (karame, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 搦(から)める (karameru).”). The karame changes to garame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がんじが​らめ [gàńjígáꜜràmè] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑiɡa̠ɾa̠me̞]

Noun

雁(がん)字(じ)搦(がら)め • (ganji-garame) ^{←がんじがらめ (ganzigarame)?}

1. (literal) being bound; being restrained
2. (figurative) being trapped; being restrained