猪口才

Japanese
Kanji in this term
猪 口 才
ちょ
Jinmeiyō		 く > こ
Grade: 1		 ざい
Grade: 2
on’yomi irregular on’yomi
Alternative spelling
猪口才 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字).[1] Compare 猪(ちょ)口(こ) (choko, “sake cup”). Attested from at least the 18th century. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ko̞za̠i]

Adjective

猪(ちょ)口(こ)才(ざい) • (chokozai) -na (adnominal 猪(ちょ)口(こ)才(ざい)な (chokozai na), adverbial 猪(ちょ)口(こ)才(ざい)に (chokozai ni))

  1. impertinent, proud, insolent, cheeky
    Synonym: 小賢しい (kozakashii)
    • 1955, Nakazato Kaizan, Daibosatsu tōge, volume 21, page 52:
      「猪(ちょ)口(こ)才(ざい)な、こん畜(ちく)生(しょう)め」米(よね)友(とも)はその大(おお)猿(さる)を片(かた)手(て)で掴(つか)んで群(ぐん)猿(さる)の中(なか)へ投(な)げ込(こ)んで
      “Chokozai na, kon chikushō me” Yonetomo wa sono ōsaru o katate de tsukande gun saru no naka e nagekonde
      “Cheeky, this brute,” Yonetomo grabbed the big monkey with one hand and threw him into the middle of the troupe.

Noun

猪(ちょ)口(こ)才(ざい) • (chokozai) 

  1. impertinence
    Synonym: 小生意気 (konamaiki)
  2. one who is impertinent, cheeky; one who behaves insolently, impertinently

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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