神出鬼没

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 神出鬼没 – see 神出鬼沒 (“to appear and disappear unpredictably like a ghost”).
(This term is the simplified form of 神出鬼沒).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神 出 鬼 没
しん
Grade: 3 		しゅつ
Grade: 1 		き
Grade: S 		ぼつ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 神出鬼沒 (MC zyin tsyhwit kjw+jX mwot). From Huainanzi (淮南子 Enanji).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しんしゅつきぼつ [shìńshútsúkíbótsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨt͡sɨkʲibo̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

神(しん)出(しゅつ)鬼(き)没(ぼつ) • (shinshutsukibotsu) 

  1. appearing and disappearing as one pleases

References

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