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真っ平御免

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
真 平 御 免
ま
Grade: 3 		ひら > ぴら
Grade: 3 		ご
Grade: S 		めん
Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spellings
眞っ平御免 (kyūjitai)
まっぴら御免
まっぴらご免
真っ平ご免

Etymology

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Compound of 真っ平 (mappira) +‎ 御免 (gomen)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) まっぴらごめん [màppíꜜràgòmèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠p̚ʲpʲiɾa̠ɡo̞mẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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真(ま)っ平(ぴら)御(ご)免(めん) • (mappira gomen) 

  1. something completely unappealing, no way
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎[1]:
      ことに語(ご)学(がく)とか文(ぶん)学(がく)とか云(い)うものは真(まっ)平(ぴら)ご免(めん)だ。
      Koto ni gogaku to ka bungaku to ka iu mono wa mappira gomen da.
      Nix on languages or literature!

References

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