身投げ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
身	投
み Grade: 3	な Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 身(み) (mi, “body”) + 投(な)げ (nage, “throwing”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 投(な)げる (nageru, “to throw”).). Literally, "throwing one's body".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みなげ [mìnágé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) みなげ [mìnágéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲina̠ɡe̞]

Noun

身(み)投(な)げ • (minage)

death by jumping into a body of water

Synonyms

入水(じゅすい) (jusui), 入水(にゅうすい) (nyūsui)

References

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

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