往生際が悪い

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5
しょう > じょう
Grade: 1
きわ > ぎわ
Grade: 5
わる
Grade: 3
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
往生際が惡い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [o̞ːʑo̞ːɡʲiɰᵝa̠ ɡa̠ ɰᵝa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Adjective[edit]

(おう)(じょう)(ぎわ)(わる) (ōjōgiwa ga warui-i (adverbial (おう)(じょう)(ぎわ)(わる) (ōjōgiwa ga waruku))

  1. reluctant to admit or accept one's own failure; tending to grasp at straws

Usage notes[edit]

  • This phrase has a syntactical subject 往生際. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with /, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with . Also, the subject marker may be omitted, giving 往生際悪い, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by , giving 往生際の悪い.

Inflection[edit]