土下座

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	下	座
ど Grade: 1	げ Grade: 1	ざ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どげざ [dògézá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) どげざ [dògéꜜzà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [do̞ɡe̞za̠]

Noun

土(ど)下(げ)座(ざ) • (dogeza)

prostration; kowtowing in deference

References

“土下座”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

土下座 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Dogeza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia