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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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