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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
咄嗟
- (literary) to sigh
- (literary) to berate; to roar; to howl
- (dated) to start (an order); to cry out
Noun
咄嗟
- (literary) very short time
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
咄嗟 • (tossa)
- a very short time
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN