白を切る

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
(ateji)

Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
シラを切る
しらを切る

Etymology[edit]

Literally “to be boldly honest”.

The shira can also be interpreted as the shira of 知らぬ (shiranu, not knowing).[1]

Verb[edit]

(しら)() (shira o kirugodan (stem (しら)() (shira o kiri), past (しら)()った (shira o kitta))

  1. to play innocent

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN