伸るか反るか
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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伸 | 反 |
の Grade: S | そ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
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乗るか反るか (proscribed) |
Etymology
Compound of 伸る + か + 反る + か
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) のるか・そるか [nòrúꜜ kà | sóꜜrù kà] (Nakadaka + Atamadaka – [2]-[1])[1]
- (Tokyo) のるかそるか [nòrú ká sóꜜrù kà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [no̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ ka̠ so̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ ka̠]
Phrase
伸るか反るか • (noru ka soru ka)
- (idiomatic) make or break, win or lose, sink or swim, all or nothing, go big or go home
- 1917, 田山録弥, 小説新論, 青空文庫:
- 『 […] 出来るか出来ないか、のるかそるか、自分の一生を棒に振るかも知れないが、兎に角やつて見やう』かう言つて机にかじりつくやうにして本を読んだり筆を執つたりして来た。
- “ […] Dekiru ka dekinai ka, noru ka soru ka, jibun no isshō o bō ni furu ka mo shirenai ga, tonikaku yatte miyō” kō itte tsukue ni kajiritsuku yō ni shite hon o yondari fude o tottari shite kita.
- “ […] Whether I can do it or not, sink or swim, I might ruin my own life, but I’m going to try anyway.” That is what I said to myself, and then I glued myself to my desk and read books and took up my pen.
- 『 […] 出来るか出来ないか、のるかそるか、自分の一生を棒に振るかも知れないが、兎に角やつて見やう』かう言つて机にかじりつくやうにして本を読んだり筆を執つたりして来た。
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References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN