焦眉
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 焦 | 眉 |
| しょう Grade: S |
び Grade: S |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology[edit]
焦 (shō, “char”) + 眉 (bi, “eyebrow”). Literally, “burning eyebrows”. Originally a metaphor for urgency.
Compare Chinese 燃眉之急 (ránméizhījí, “extreme urgency”) and 焦急 (jiāojí, “anxious, worried”).
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References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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