俎上

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
俎	上
そ Hyōgai	じょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そじょー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

俎(そ)上(じょう) • (sojō) ^{←そじやう (sozyau)^?}

(literally) on the chopping board
俎上(そじょう)の魚(うお)
sojō no uo
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(figuratively) Used to describe being under consideration.
俎上(そじょう)に載(の)せる
sojō ni noseru
"to place on the chopping board": to place under consideration

References

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

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