舌尖

舌尖

1. tip of a tongue

   《舌尖上的中國》 [MSC, trad.]
   《舌尖上的中国》 [MSC, simp.]

   “Shéjiān shàng de Zhōngguó” [Pinyin]

   A Bite of China (TV series, lit. “China on the tongue tip”)

• (Tokyo) ぜっせん [zèsséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞sːẽ̞ɴ]

舌(ぜっ)尖(せん) • (zessen) 

1. tip of the tongue

   Synonyms: 舌先 (shitasaki), 舌端 (zettan), 舌頭 (zettō)

   • 1937, 岡本かの子, 金魚撩乱‎, 青空文庫:

     […] 最後(さいご)の一(ひと)ひらだけは上顎(うわあご)の奥(おく)に貼(は)りついて顎裏(あごうら)のぴよぴよする柔(やわらか)いところと一重(ひとえ)になってしまって、舌尖(ぜっせん)で扱(しご)いても指先(ゆびさ)きを突(つ)き込(こ)んでも除(のぞ)かれなかった。

     […] saigo no hitohira dake wa uwaago no oku ni haritsuite agoura no piyopiyo suru yawarakai tokoro to hitoe ni natte shimatte, zessen de shigoite mo yubisaki o tsukikonde mo nozokarenakatta.

     […] just one last petal got stuck in the back of his upper jaw, becoming one with the flappy, soft part of the palate, and he could not remove it whether he stroked it with the tip of his tongue or put his finger in his mouth.

2. manner of speaking

   Synonyms: 舌先 (shitasaki), 舌端 (zettan), 舌頭 (zettō), 口先 (kuchisaki), 弁舌 (benzetsu)

   • 1895, 鄭隈生, “取りどころなし”, in 早稻田文學, number 102, 早稻田文學社, page 81, 第一書房:

     吾人(ごじん)の正太夫(しやうだいふ)に多(た)とする所(ところ)は […] 其(そ)の舌尖(ぜつせん)のさすがに敵者(てきしや)の灸所(きうしよ)を刺(さ)し彼(か)れをして多(おほ)く辨解(べんかい)する能(あた)はざらしむ所(ところ)にあり

     Gojin no Shōdayū ni ta to suru tokoro wa […] sono zessen no sasuga ni tekisha no kyūsho o sashi kare o shite ōku benkai suru atawazarashimu tokoro ni ari

     What I appreciate about Shōdayū is […] that his silver tongue hits his adversary where it hurts and leaves him unable to defend himself much at all.

• 舌尖音(ぜっせんおん) (zessen'on)