骸骨を乞う
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 骸 | 骨 | 乞 |
| がい Grade: S |
こつ Grade: 6 |
こ(う) Grade: S |
| kan'yōon | kan'on | kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From the 晏子春秋 (Anshin Shunjū, “Annals of Master Yan”),[1][2][3] a calque of Literary Chinese 乞骸骨 (qǐ háigǔ).
Literally, “offer a skeleton”.
Idiom
[edit]骸骨を乞う • (gaikotsu o kou) ←がいこつをこふ (gaikotwokofu)?
- to request one's own resignation
- 728, Shoku Nihongi (Jinki 5, first day of the eighth month)
- 正五位下守部連大隅上書、乞㆓骸骨㆒。優詔不㆑許。
- Shōgoi no Ge (Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) Moribe no Muraji Ōsumi wrote a letter to his superior to request his resignation. The grateful imperial decree didn't permit that.
- 728, Shoku Nihongi (Jinki 5, first day of the eighth month)
References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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