誰何

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: S

Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝika̠]

Noun

(すい)() (suika) 

  1. (archaic, uncommon) a challenge, questioning
    • 2021 June 26, Nishino Takashi, “‘Ikoku e iza ikan’ Laika kita kikō – Hakodate – dai rokuju-san kai [No traffic with foreigners: Leica northern travels #63]”, in Nippon.com, archived from the original on June 26, 2021:
      神社(じんじゃ)(まつ)りでにぎやかな(よる)小舟(こぶね)は、その(そこ)(わか)武士(ぶし)()せて(きし)をはなれた。途中(とちゅう)役人(やくにん)がきびしく「(だれ)だ!」と誰何(すいか)すいか)。
      Jinja no matsuri de nigiyaka na yoru, kobune wa, sono soko ni wakai bushi o fusete kishi o hanareta. Tochū, yakunin ga kibishiku “dare da!” to suika (suika).
      On the night of a busy shrine festival, a young samurai came away from a a small boat on a concealed part of the shore. Along the way, an official raised a harsh challenge (suika): “Who goes there!”

Verb

(すい)()する (suika suru) suru (stem (すい)() (suika shi), past (すい)()した (suika shita))

  1. to challenge (an unknown person)
    (だれ)か」と守衛(しゅえい)誰何(すいか)した
    “Dare ka” to shuei ga suika shita.
    “Who goes there?” challenged the guard.

Conjugation

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