糟糠の妻

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
糟 糠 妻
そう
Hyōgai 		こう
Hyōgai 		つま
Grade: 5
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
糟糠之妻

Etymology

Composed of 糟糠 (sōkō, “sake lees and rice bran”, by extension, “poor, coarse, unrefined food”) + の (no, “possessive particle”) + 妻 (tsuma, “wife”).[1][2][3][4][5]

Calque of Literary Chinese 糟糠之妻 (zāokāngzhīqī).

First attested in a text from the 1170s.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

糟(そう)糠(こう)の妻(つま) • (sōkō no tsuma) 

  1. a faithful wife who has been with one through tough times and shared hardships

Synonyms

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 “糟糠の妻”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. ^ “糟糠の妻”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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