骸骨を乞う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 骸 | 骨 | 乞 |
| がい Grade: S |
こつ Grade: 6 |
こ(う) Grade: S |
| kan’yōon | kan’on | kun’yomi |
Etymology
From the 晏子春秋 (Anshin Shunjū, “Annals of Master Yan”),[1][2][3] a calque of Literary Chinese 乞骸骨.
Idiom
骸骨を乞う • (gaikotsu o kou) ←がいこつをこふ (gaikotwokofu)?
- to request one's own resignation
- 728, Shoku Nihongi (Jinki 5, first day of the eighth month)
- 正五位下守部連大隅上書、乞㆓骸骨㆒。優詔不㆑許。
- Shōgoi no Ge (Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) Moribe no Muraji Ōsumi wrote a letter to his superior to request his resignation. The grateful imperial decree didn't permit that.
- 728, Shoku Nihongi (Jinki 5, first day of the eighth month)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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