ひょうろくだま

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
表六玉
兵六玉

Etymology

表六(ひょうろく) (hyōroku, “idiot, fool”) + 玉(だま) (dama, “spherical object suffix”). The first component supposedly derives from the way that a turtle will foolishly keep its six (六) limbs (head, four limbs, and tail) out in the open (表) even in the face of danger; the second component is added as a suffix by analogy with 悪玉(あくだま) (akudama, “bad character”) and 善玉(ぜんだま) (zendama, “good character”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ひょうろくだま • (hyōrokudama) ←へうろくだま (feurokudama)?

  1. (informal) idiot, fool

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “表六玉【ひょうろくだま】の意味と使い方や例文（語源由来・類義語）”, in 三字熟語の百科事典, 2020 July 22: “『表六玉』とは、亀のようすから生まれたことばです。危険が迫った場面でも急いで甲羅の中に隠れもせず、もたもたと頭、手足、尾っぽの部分を表に出したままのまぬけな姿を表六（ひょうろく）と言いました。「玉」とつく謂れは分かりませんが、悪玉・善玉などからと思われます。これらから、もたもたとしたまぬけな人を罵るときに使われます。”
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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