砲弾の餌食

Japanese
Kanji in this term
砲 弾 餌 食
ほう
Grade: S		 だん
Grade: S		 え
Grade: S		 じき
Grade: 2
on’yomi kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spelling
砲彈の餌食 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Phrase consisting of 砲弾 (hōdan, “a cannonball; a shell”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 餌食 (ejiki, “prey; victim”), calque of English cannon fodder.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːdã̠n no̞ e̞ʑikʲi]

Noun

砲(ほう)弾(だん)の餌(え)食(じき) • (hōdan no ejiki) 

  1. cannon fodder
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