海千山千
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |||
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海 | 千 | 山 | 千 |
うみ Grade: 2 |
せん Grade: 1 |
やま Grade: 1 |
せん Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi | on'yomi | kun'yomi | on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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海千山千 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Yojijukugo (四字熟語). According to legends, a 蛇 (ja, “snake”) who lived in the 海 (umi, “sea”) for a 千年 (sennen, “thousand years”) and in the 山 (yama, “mountains”) a thousand years could turn into a 竜 (ryū, “dragon”). See also the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) うみせんやません [ùmíséń yámáséń] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) うみせんやません [úꜜmìsèǹ yàmàsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟mʲise̞ɰ̃ ja̠ma̠sẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
[edit]海千山千 • (umisen yamasen)
- craftiness
- 海千山千のプレイボーイ
- umisen yamasen no pureibōi
- a sly playboy; a womanizer
- 海千山千のプレイボーイ
- a crafty person
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 海 read as うみ
- Japanese terms spelled with 千 read as せん
- Japanese terms spelled with 山 read as やま
- Japanese yojijukugo
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 4 kanji
- Japanese terms with usage examples
- ja:Thousand
- ja:People