敵前逃亡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敵	前	逃	亡
てき Grade: 6	ぜん Grade: 2	とう Grade: S	ぼう Grade: 6
kan'on	goon	kan'on

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敵前逃亡

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Etymology

Comprised of 敵前 (tekizen, “right in front of the enemy, in the face of the enemy”, literally “enemy + front”) + 逃亡 (tōbō, “running away and hiding”). First cited to 1985.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [te̞kʲize̞n to̞ːbo̞ː]

Noun

敵(てき)前(ぜん)逃(とう)亡(ぼう) • (tekizen tōbō)

[from 1985] (military) desertion

References

^ “敵前逃亡”, in 四字熟語を知る辞典 (Yoji Jukugo o Shiru Jiten, “Dictionary for Knowing about Four-Character Idioms”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2018, →ISBN

[YJS-1] “敵前逃亡”, in 四字熟語を知る辞典 (Yoji Jukugo o Shiru Jiten, “Dictionary for Knowing about Four-Character Idioms”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2018, →ISBN

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