急所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
急	所
きゅう Grade: 3	しょ Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうしょ [kyùúshó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きゅうしょ [kyùúshóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːɕo̞]

Noun

急(きゅう)所(しょ) • (kyūsho) ^{←きふしよ (kifusyo)?}

1. pressure point; vital point

   Synonyms: 穴位 (ketsui, “vital points”), 点穴 (tenketsu, “pressure points”)

   急(きゅう)所(しょ)を一(ひと)突(つ)きする

   kyūsho o hitotsuki suru

   to stab in a vital part

2. key point, essential notion

   Synonym: 要点 (yōten)

   問(もん)題(だい)の急(きゅう)所(しょ)

   mondai no kyūsho

   the crux of the problem

3. weak point

   Synonyms: 弱点 (jakuten), 弱み (yowami)

4. (slang) balls, testicles

   Synonyms: 金玉 (kintama), 睾丸 (kōgan)

   • 1954, Ango Sakaguchi, Onna-kenshi‎^[1]:

     強(つよ)そうな大(たい)将(しょう)もそこにいるから、一(いち)同(どう)にピストルをつきつけ、何(なん)の凄(すご)味(み)もきかさぬうちに物(もの)をも云(い)わず大(たい)将(しょう)に急(きゅう)所(しょ)の一(いち)撃(げき)、足(あし)で蹴(け)った。

     Tsuyosō na taishō mo soko ni iru kara, ichidō ni pisutoru o tsukitsuke, nan no sugomi mo kikasanu uchi ni mono o mo iwazu taishō ni kyūsho no ichigeki, ashi de ketta.

     The strong-looking boss was there too, so he pointed his pistol at all of them, and before he threaten them, he kicked the boss in the balls with his foot without saying a word.

Descendants

• → Korean: 급소(急所) (geupso)

See also

• 急所 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Pressure point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 経(けい)絡(らく)系(けい) (keiraku-kei, “the meridian system”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
急	所

Noun

急所 • (geupso) (hangeul 급소)

1. hanja form^? of 급소 (“vital point, tender spot, keypoint, sore point”)