餓死線

Japanese

Kanji in this term
餓 死 線
が
Grade: S 		し
Grade: 3 		せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 餓死 (gashi, “death from starvation”) +‎ 線 (-sen, “line”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がしせん [gàshíséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠ɕisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

餓(が)死(し)線(せん) • (gashisen) 

  1. the brink of starving to death

References

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