忌憚

See also: 忌惮

Chinese

avoid as taboo; jealous dread; fear; dislike
trad. (忌憚) 忌 憚
simp. (忌惮) 忌 惮

Pronunciation


Noun

忌憚

  1. (literary) fear (which prevents one from doing something)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
忌 憚
き
Grade: S
たん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きたん [kìtáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲitã̠ɴ]

Noun

忌(き)憚(たん) • (kitan) ←きたん (kitan)?

  1. fear

Verb

忌(き)憚(たん)する • (kitan suru) ←きたん (kitan)?suru (stem 忌(き)憚(たん)し (kitan shi), past 忌(き)憚(たん)した (kitan shita))

  1. to fear

Conjugation

References

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