身代金

Japanese

Kanji in this term
身	代	金
み(の) Grade: 3	しろ Grade: 3	きん Grade: 1
kun'yomi		kan'on

Alternative spelling
身の代金

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みのしろきん [mìnóshírókíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) みのしろきん [mìnóshíróꜜkìǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[2]
IPA^(key): [mʲino̞ɕiɾo̞kʲĩɴ]

Noun

身(みの)代(しろ)金(きん) • (minoshirokin)

ransom
誘拐犯(ゆうかいはん)は身代金(みのしろきん)を要求(ようきゅう)した。
Yūkaihan wa minoshirokin o yōkyū shita.
The kidnapper demanded ransom.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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