急所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
急	所
きゅう Grade: 3	しょ Grade: 3
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうしょ [kyùúshó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) きゅうしょ [kyùúshóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːɕo̞]

Noun

急(きゅう)所(しょ) • (kyūsho) ^{←きふしよ (kifusyo)^?}

pressure point; vital point
Synonyms: 穴位 (ketsui, “vital points”), 点穴 (tenketsu, “pressure points”)

急(きゅう)所(しょ)を一(ひと)突(つ)きする
kyūsho o hitotsuki suru
to stab in a vital part
key point, essential notion
Synonym: 要点 (yōten)

問(もん)題(だい)の急(きゅう)所(しょ)
mondai no kyūsho
the crux of the problem
weak point
Synonyms: 弱点 (jakuten), 弱み (yowami)
(slang) balls, testicles
Synonyms: 金玉 (kintama), 睾丸 (kōgan)
- 1954, Ango Sakaguchi, Onna-kenshi‎:
  
  強(つよ)そうな大(たい)将(しょう)もそこにいるから、一(いち)同(どう)にピストルをつきつけ、何(なん)の凄(すご)味(み)もきかさぬうちに物(もの)をも云(い)わず大(たい)将(しょう)に急(きゅう)所(しょ)の一(いち)撃(げき)、足(あし)で蹴(け)った。
  Tsuyosō na taishō mo soko ni iru kara, ichidō ni pisutoru o tsukitsuke, nan no sugomi mo kikasanu uchi ni mono o mo iwazu taishō ni kyūsho no ichigeki, ashi de ketta.
  The strong-looking boss was there too, so he pointed his pistol at all of them, and before he threaten them, he kicked the boss in the balls with his foot without saying a word.

Descendants

→ Korean: 급소(急所) (geupso)

See also

急所 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Pressure point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
経(けい)絡(らく)系(けい) (keiraku-kei, “the meridian system”)

References

Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
急	所

Noun

急所 • (geupso) (hangeul 급소)

Hanja form^? of 급소 (“vital point, tender spot, keypoint, sore point”).

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