肝試し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肝	試
きも Grade: S	ため > だめ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 肝 +‎ 試し, literally "a test on one's liver". The tameshi changes to dameshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) きもだめし [kìmódáꜜmèshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲimo̞da̠me̞ɕi]

Noun

肝(きも)試(だめ)し • (kimodameshi)

(idiomatic) test of courage; dare

Synonyms

試胆会(したんかい) (shitankai)

References

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

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