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Japanese
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| 一擧手一投足 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 一挙手 (ikkyoshu, literally “one raising of a hand”) + 一投足 (ittōsoku, literally “one kicking out of a foot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
一挙手一投足 • (ikkyoshu ittōsoku)
- each and every individual action, every movement
- 彼は相撲力士の一挙手一投足に注目するよ。
- Kare wa sumō rikishi no ikkyoshu ittōsoku ni chūmoku suru yo.
- He pays attention to every movement of a sumo wrestler.
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN