敵前逃亡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てき
Grade: 6
ぜん
Grade: 2
とう
Grade: S
ぼう
Grade: 6
kan’on goon kan’on

Etymology

Comprised of 敵前 (tekizen, right in front of the enemy, in the face of the enemy, literally enemy + front) + 逃亡 (tōbō, running away and hiding). First cited to 1985.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [te̞kʲizẽ̞n to̞ːbo̞ː]

Noun

(てき)(ぜん)(とう)(ぼう) • (tekizen tōbō) 

  1. [from 1985] (military) desertion

References

  1. 敵前逃亡”, in 四字熟語を知る辞典 (Yoji Jukugo o Shiru Jiten, Dictionary for Knowing about Four-Character Idioms) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2018, →ISBN
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