喧嘩腰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喧	嘩	腰
けん Jinmeiyō	か Jinmeiyō	こし > ごし Grade: S
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
けんか腰 ケンカ腰

Etymology

From 喧嘩(けんか) (kenka) + 腰(こし) (koshi). The koshi changes to goshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんかごし [kèńkágóshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋka̠ɡo̞ɕi]

Noun

喧(けん)嘩(か)腰(ごし) • (kenkagoshi) ^{←けんくわごし (kenkwagosi)?}

1. attitude that is ready to start a fight; raring to fight

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN