しかばね

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology

Compound of 死 (shi, “death, dead”) +‎ 尸, 屍 (kabane, “corpse, dead body”).[2][1]

Noun

しかばね (rōmaji shikabane)

  1. 尸, 屍: corpse
  2. 尸: short for 尸冠 (shikabane kanmuri), the 尸 radical

Derived terms
  • 尸 (しかばね)冠 (かんむり) (shikabane kanmuri): the 尸 radical

Idioms
  • 屍 (しかばね)に鞭 (むち)を打 (う)つ (shikabane ni muchi o utsu): “to beat a whip against a corpse” → to speak ill of the dead; also, general metaphor for something excessively [[cruel]

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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