三日天下
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 三 | 日 | 天 | 下 |
| みっ Grade: 1 |
か Grade: 1 |
てん > でん Grade: 1 |
か Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | on’yomi | ||
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 三 | 日 | 天 | 下 |
| みっ Grade: 1 |
か Grade: 1 |
てん Grade: 1 |
か Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | on’yomi | ||
Etymology[edit]
From 三日 (mikka, “three days”) + 天下 (tenka, “all under heaven, the whole world, the country”). The tenka changes to denka as an instance of rendaku (連濁) in the reading みっかでんか (mikkadenka).
Originally referred to the short-lived regime of Akechi Mitsuhide during the Sengoku period:[1][2][3][4][5][6] soon after he killed Oda Nobunaga and took his position of shōgun (将軍) during the Honnoji Incident, he was chased and defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before he was finally killed by local bandits. 三日 (mikka, literally “three days”) figuratively represents a short time; Mitsuhide's regime actually lasted eleven days.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
三日天下 or 三日天下 • (mikkatenka or mikkadenka)
- a short-lived regime
- being in power over a very short time
References[edit]
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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