身投げ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From  () (mi, body) +  () (nage, throwing,  (れん) (よう) (けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb  ()げる (nageru, to throw).). Literally, "throwing one's body".

Pronunciation

Noun

身投げ (hiragana みなげ, rōmaji minage)

  1. death by jumping into a body of water

Synonyms

References

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