国士無双

See also: 國士無雙

Japanese
Kanji in this term
国 士 無 双
こく
Grade: 2		 し
Grade: 5		 む
Grade: 4		 そう
Grade: S
kan’on goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
國士無雙 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the Records of the Grand Historian.[1][2]

Compound of 国士 (kokushi, “patriot, respectable person”) +‎ 無双 (musō, “matchless, unparalleled”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こくしむ​そー [kòkúshí múꜜsòò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • (Tokyo) こ​くしむそー [kóꜜkùshì mùsòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕi mɯ̟ᵝso̞ː]
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Noun

国(こく)士(し)無(む)双(そう) • (kokushi musō) ←こくしむさう (kokusimusau)?

  1. a distinguished person
  2. (mahjong) a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand of all thirteen unique 么九牌 (yaochūpai, “terminals and honours”), plus one more of any of those tiles; the same as "thirteen orphans" in Chinese mahjong
    Synonym: 十三么九 (shīsan yaochū)

Derived terms
  • 国(こく)士(し)無双(むそう)十三面待(じゅうさんめんま)ち (kokushi musō jūsanmen-machi, “kokushi musō 13-tile wait”)

See also

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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