伸るか反るか

Japanese
Kanji in this term
伸 反
の
Grade: S		 そ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
乗るか反るか (proscribed)

Etymology

Compound of 伸る +‎ か +‎ 反る +‎ か

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) のるかそ​るか [nòrú ká sóꜜrù kà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [no̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ ka̠ so̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ ka̠]

Phrase

伸(の)るか反(そ)るか • (noru ka soru ka) 

  1. (idiomatic) make or break, win or lose, sink or swim, all or nothing, go big or go home
    • 1917, 田山録弥, 小説新論‎, 青空文庫:
      『 […] 出来(でき)るか出来(でき)ないか、のるかそるか、自分(じぶん)の一生(いつしやう)を棒(ばう)に振(ふ)るかも知(し)れないが、兎(と)に角(かく)やつて見(み)やう』かう言(い)つて机(つくえ)にかじりつくやうにして本(ほん)を読(よ)んだり筆(ふで)を執(と)つたりして来(き)た。
      “ […] Dekiru ka dekinai ka, noru ka soru ka, jibun no isshō o bō ni furu ka mo shirenai ga, tonikaku yatte miyō” kō itte tsukue ni kajiritsuku yō ni shite hon o yondari fude o tottari shite kita.
      “ […] Whether I can do it or not, sink or swim, I might ruin my own life, but I’m going to try anyway.” That is what I said to myself, and then I glued myself to my desk and read books and took up my pen.

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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