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焦眉

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
焦	眉
しょう Grade: S	び Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

焦 (shō, “char”) +‎ 眉 (bi, “eyebrow”). Literally, “burning eyebrows”. Originally a metaphor for urgency.

Compare Chinese 燃眉之急 (ránméizhījí, “extreme urgency”) and 焦急 (jiāojí, “anxious, worried”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーび [shóꜜòbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːbʲi]

Noun

焦(しょう)眉(び) • (shōbi) ^{←せうび (seubi)^?}

urgency

Derived terms

焦(しょう)眉(び)の急(きゅう) (shōbi no kyū)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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