修羅場

Chinese

		asura	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (修羅場)		修羅	場
simp. (修罗场)		修罗	场

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūluóchǎng, xiūluócháng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄒㄧㄡㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūluóchǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siouluóchǎng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-lo²-chʻang³
  - Yale: syōu-lwó-chǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouluochaang
  - Palladius: сюлочан (sjuločan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūluócháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siouluócháng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-lo²-chʻang²
  - Yale: syōu-lwó-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouluocharng
  - Palladius: сюлочан (sjuločan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

修羅場

(Buddhism) location of the fight between the asura and Śakra-led deva
(figuratively) battlefield with dreadful and ferocious fighting

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
修	羅	場
しゅ Grade: 5	ら Grade: S	じょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Compound of 修羅(しゅら) (shura, alternative name of 阿(あ)修(しゅ)羅(ら) (ashura), "Asura") + 場(じょう) (jō, “place”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅらじょー [shùráꜜjòò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
(Tokyo) しゅらじょー [shùrájóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝɾa̠ʑo̞ː]

Noun

修(しゅ)羅(ら)場(じょう) • (shurajō) ^{←しゆらぢやう (syuradyau)^?}

(Buddhism) location of the fight between the (king of) Asuras and 帝釈天 (Teishakuten, “Śakra”)
(by extension) a fighting scene; a scene of carnage or bloodshed

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
修	羅	場
しゅ Grade: 5	ら Grade: S	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Likely from shurajō above, utilizing the kun'yomi reading of ba in 場 to differentiate from the Buddhist term. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅらば [shùrábá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) しゅらば [shùrábáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝɾa̠ba̠]

Noun

修(しゅ)羅(ら)場(ば) • (shuraba)

dreadful scene, scene of carnage, shambles, hell
(colloquial) difficulties (in a love relationship)
(colloquial) crunch time

Derived terms

修(しゅ)羅(ら)場(ば)る (shurabaru, “to (have a situation) descend to mayhem”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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