神出鬼没

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Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 神出鬼沒 (“to appear and disappear unpredictably like a ghost”).
(This term is the simplified form of 神出鬼沒).
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
しゅつ
Grade: 1

Grade: S
ぼつ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
神出鬼没 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 神出鬼沒 (MC zyin tsyhwit kjw+jX mwot). From Huainanzi (淮南子 Enanji).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) んしゅつきぼつ [shìńshútsúkíbótsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝt͡sɨᵝkʲibo̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun[edit]

(しん)(しゅつ)()(ぼつ) (shinshutsukibotsu

  1. appearing and disappearing as one pleases

References[edit]

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