三日坊主

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	日	坊	主
みつ > みっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1	ぼう Grade: S	す > ず Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

三日 +‎ 坊主, literally "three day priest"

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みっかぼーず [mìkkábóꜜòzù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲik̚ka̠bo̞ːzɨᵝ]

Noun

三(みっ)日(か)坊(ぼう)主(ず) • (mikkabōzu)

(idiomatic) someone who cannot stick to anything, someone who gives up easily

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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