三日天下
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 三 | 日 | 天 | 下 |
| みっ Grade: 1 | か Grade: 1 | てん > でん Grade: 1 | か Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | on’yomi | ||
Etymology
Akechi Mitsuhide killed Oda Nobunaga during Honnoji Incident, but he was chased, and finally defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Mitsuhide was not in power for long, before he was killed by local bandits. 三日 (literally “three days”) means a short time; Mitsuhide's regime actually lasted eleven days.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) みっかでんか [mìkkádéꜜǹkà] (Nakadaka – [4])
- IPA(key): [mʲik̚ka̠dẽ̞ŋka̠]
Noun
三日天下 • (mikkadenka)
- (literally) a short-lived regime
- being in power over a very short time