誰何

Japanese

Kanji in this term
誰 何
すい
Grade: S
か
Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝika̠]

Noun

誰(すい)何(か) • (suika) 

  1. (archaic, uncommon) a challenge, questioning
    • 2021 June 26, Nishino Takashi, “‘Ikoku e iza ikan’ Laika kita kikō – Hakodate – dai rokuju-san kai [No traffic with foreigners: Leica northern travels #63]”, in Nippon.com‎, archived from the original on June 26, 2021:
      神社(じんじゃ)の祭(まつ)りでにぎやかな夜(よる)、小舟(こぶね)は、その底(そこ)に若(わか)い武士(ぶし)を伏(ふ)せて岸(きし)をはなれた。途中(とちゅう)、役人(やくにん)がきびしく「誰(だれ)だ!」と誰何(すいか)(すいか)。
      Jinja no matsuri de nigiyaka na yoru, kobune wa, sono soko ni wakai bushi o fusete kishi o hanareta. Tochū, yakunin ga kibishiku “dare da!” to suika (suika).
      On the night of a busy shrine festival, a young samurai came away from a a small boat on a concealed part of the shore. Along the way, an official raised a harsh challenge (suika): “Who goes there!”

Verb

誰(すい)何(か)する • (suika suru) suru (stem 誰(すい)何(か)し (suika shi), past 誰(すい)何(か)した (suika shita))

  1. to challenge (an unknown person)
    • 1889, Matsui Hiroyoshi, Kaigun senjū ron [On naval tactics], page 222:
      附近(ふきん)ヲ道行(みちゆき)スル艦艇(かんてい)モ亦前記(またぜんき)ノ手續(てつづき)ヲ以(もっ)テ誰何(すいか)セラル、モノトス
      fukin o michiyuki suru kantei mo mata zenki no tetsuzuki o motte suika seraru, mono to su
      Naval vessels patrolling the area shall also, by means of the aforesaid tactics, issue challenges
    「誰(だれ)か」と守衛(しゅえい)が誰何(すいか)した。
    “Dare ka” to shuei ga suika shita.
    “Who goes there?” challenged the guard.

Conjugation

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