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
神出鬼没 (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): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝt͡sɨᵝkʲibo̞t͡sɨᵝ]

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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