死に物狂い

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
もの
Grade: 3
くる > ぐる
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
死にもの狂い
死にものぐるい
死物狂い
死物狂

Etymology

Compound of + + 物狂い. The kurui changes to gurui as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にものぐるい [shìnímónógúꜜrùì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɲ̟imo̞no̞ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝi]

Noun

()(もの)(ぐる) (shi ni monogurui) 

  1. (idiomatic) desperation, struggle to the death
    ()物狂(ものぐる)赦免(しゃめん)()()ってみせる。
    Shi ni monogurui de shamen o kachitotte miseru.
    I will struggle to the death gaining a pardon for you.
    Synonym: 必死 (hisshi)

Adjective

()(もの)(ぐる) (shi ni monogurui) -i (adverbial ()(もの)(ぐる) (shi ni monoguruku))

  1. (idiomatic) desperate, struggle to the death

Inflection

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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