三日坊主

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 日 坊 主
みつ > みっ
Grade: 1 		か
Grade: 1 		ぼう
Grade: S 		す > ず
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

三日 +‎ 坊主, literally "three day priest"

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) みっかぼーず [mìkkábóꜜòzù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲik̚ka̠bo̞ːzɨ]

Noun

三(みっ)日(か)坊(ぼう)主(ず) • (mikkabōzu) 

  1. (idiomatic) someone who cannot stick to anything, someone who gives up easily

References

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