気違い沙汰

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
気 違 沙 汰
き
Grade: 1 		ちが
Grade: S 		さ > ざ
Grade: S 		た
Grade: S
kan'on kun'yomi kan'on kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
氣違い沙汰 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 気違い (kichigai, “insanity, craziness, madness”) +‎ 沙汰 (sata, “an act; an affair, a situation”).[1][2] The sata changes to zata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

気(き)違(ちが)い沙(ざ)汰(た) • (kichigai-zata) ←きちがひざた (kitigafizata)?

  1. crazy behavior, an insane situation

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