日和見主義
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||||
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日 | 和 | 見 | 主 | 義 |
ひ Grade: 1 | より Grade: 3 | み Grade: 1 | しゅ Grade: 3 | ぎ Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi | Irregular | kun’yomi | kan’on |
Etymology
Compound of 日和見 (hiyorimi, “sitting on the fence”) + 主義 (shugi, “-ism”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひよりみしゅぎ [hìyórímíshúꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA(key): [çijo̞ɾʲimʲiɕɨᵝɡʲi]
Noun
日和見主義 (hiragana ひよりみしゅぎ, rōmaji hiyorimi-shugi)
- opportunism
- Synonyms: オポチュニズム (opochunizumu), 機会主義 (kikai-shugi)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN