二人三脚

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
さん
Grade: 1
きゃく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にんさんきゃく [nìníńsáꜜǹkyàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɲ̟ĩɰ̃sã̠ŋʲkʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

()(にん)(さん)(きゃく) • (ninin sankyaku

  1. three-legged race
  2. (idiomatic) cooperating and working together to accomplish a task

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN