しね

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of しね – see the following entry.
死ね
[verb] imperative of 死ぬ (to die)
[interjection] (offensive, vulgar) Expression to show discontent: go to hell; kill yourself
(This term, しね (shine), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling

Only found in old compounds. The medial -s- may represent epenthesis between two vowels, or it may be cognate with Korean interfix -ㅅ- (-s-) used to mark possession, much like English -'s. See also 小雨 (kosame, drizzle) and 春雨 (harusame, spring rain).

Noun

しね • (shine

  1. suffixal bound form of いね (ine, rice plant)
Derived terms
  • (あら)(しね) (arashine)
  • (うる)(しね) (urushine)
  • ()(しね) (kachishine)
  • (くま)(しね) (kumashine)
  • ()(しね), ()(しね) (keshine)
  • (ちから)(しね) (chikarashine)
  • ()(つか)(しね) (totsukashine)
  • (にい)(しね) (niishine)
  • (にき)(しね) (nikishine), (にこ)(しね) (nikoshine)
  • ()(しね) (noshine)
  • (のこ)(しね) (nokorishine)
  • (はな)(しね) (hanashine)
  • ()(しね) (mishine)
  • 八百(やお)(しね) (yaoshine)