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Japanese
Etymology
焦 (shō, “char”) + 眉 (bi, “eyebrow”). Literally, “burning eyebrows”. Originally a metaphor for urgency.
Compare Chinese 燃眉之急 (ránméizhījí, “extreme urgency”) and 焦急 (jiāojí, “anxious, worried”).
Pronunciation
Noun
焦眉 • (shōbi) ←せうび (seubi)?
- urgency
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