砲弾の餌食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砲	弾	餌	食
ほう Grade: S	だん Grade: S	え Grade: S	じき Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
砲彈の餌食 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 砲弾 (hōdan, “a cannonball; a shell”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 餌食 (ejiki, “prey; victim”), calque of English cannon fodder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːda̠n no̞ e̞ʑikʲi]

Noun

砲(ほう)弾(だん)の餌(え)食(じき) • (hōdan no ejiki) 

1. cannon fodder