国士無双

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See also: 國士無雙

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
国 士 無 双
こく
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 5 		む
Grade: 4 		そう
Grade: S
kan'on goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
國士無雙 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the Records of the Grand Historian.[1][2]

Compound of 国士 (kokushi, “patriot, respectable person”) +‎ 無双 (musō, “matchless, unparalleled”).

Pronunciation

Noun

国(こく)士(し)無(む)双(そう) • (kokushi musō) ←こくしむさう (kokusimusau)?

  1. a distinguished person
  2. (mahjong) a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand of all thirteen unique 么九牌 (yaochūpai, “terminals and honours”), plus one more of any of those tiles; the same as "thirteen orphans" in Chinese mahjong
    Synonym: 十三么九 (shīsan yaochū)

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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