死に体

Japanese
Kanji in this term
死 体
し
Grade: 3		 たい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
死に體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しにたい [shìnítáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɲ̟ita̠i]

Noun

死(し)に体(たい) • (shinitai) 

  1. (sumo) losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover
    Antonym: 生き体
  2. (politics) lame duck
    Synonyms: レームダック, 役立たず
  3. hopeless situation

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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