気違い沙汰

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
  • (Tokyo) きちがいざた [kìchígáízátá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲit͡ɕiɡa̠iza̠ta̠]

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. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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