神出鬼没

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 神出鬼没 – see 神出鬼沒 (“to appear and disappear unpredictably like a ghost”).
(This term, 神出鬼没, is the simplified form of 神出鬼沒.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
神 出 鬼 没
しん
Grade: 3		 しゅつ
Grade: 1		 き
Grade: S		 ぼつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 神出鬼沒 (MC ʑiɪn t͡ɕʰiuɪt̚ kʉiX muət̚). From Huainanzi (淮南子 Enanji).

Pronunciation
  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) しんしゅつきぼつ [shìńshútsúkíbótsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝt͡sɨᵝkʲibo̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

神出鬼没 (hiragana しんしゅつきぼつ, rōmaji shinshutsukibotsu)

  1. appearing and disappearing as one pleases

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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