喧嘩腰

Japanese
Kanji in this term
喧 嘩 腰
けん
Jinmeiyō		 か
Jinmeiyō		 こし > ごし
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
けんか腰
ケンカ腰

Etymology

From 喧嘩(けんか) (kenka) + 腰(こし) (koshi). The koshi changes to goshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けんかごし [kèńkágóshí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ŋka̠ɡo̞ɕi]

Noun

喧(けん)嘩(か)腰(ごし) • (kenkagoshi) ←けんくわごし (kenkwagosi)?

  1. attitude that is ready to start a fight; raring to fight

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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