敵前逃亡

敵前逃亡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敵	前	逃	亡
てき Grade: 6	ぜん Grade: 2	とう Grade: S	ぼう Grade: 6
kan’on	goon	kan’on

Etymology

Comprised of 敵前 (tekizen, “right in front of the enemy, in the face of the enemy”, literally “enemy + front”) + 逃亡 (tōbō, “running away and hiding”). First cited to 1985.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞kʲizẽ̞n to̞ːbo̞ː]

Noun

敵(てき)前(ぜん)逃(とう)亡(ぼう) • (tekizen tōbō) 

1. [from 1985] (military) desertion

References

1. “敵前逃亡”, in 四字熟語を知る辞典 (Yoji Jukugo o Shiru Jiten, “Dictionary for Knowing about Four-Character Idioms”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2018, →ISBN