脳汁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
脳 汁
のう
Grade: 6 		しる > じる
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi
Alternative spelling
腦汁 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 脳(のう) (nō, “brain”) + 汁(しる) (shiru, “juice”). The shiru changes to jiru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [no̞ːʑiɾɯ̟]

Noun

脳(のう)汁(じる) • (nōjiru) ←なうじる (nauziru)?

  1. (slang) endorphin or adrenaline
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