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

Noun

肝(きも)試(だめ)し • (kimodameshi) 

  1. (idiomatic) test of courage; dare

Synonyms
  • 試胆会(したんかい) (shitankai)

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