ガチンコ

Japanese

Etymology

From がちん (gachin, thuddingly, adverb; sound effect for something heavy and solid colliding) + (-ko, nominalizer). Compare ぶらんこ (buranko, (playground) swing), from adverb ぶらん (buran, hanging loosely) + (ko, nominalizer).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) チンコ [gàchíńkó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠t͡ɕĩŋko̞]

Noun

ガチンコ or がちんこ • (gachinko) 

  1. (sumo) a real match with no allowance to one's competitor, as opposed to a thrown or an arranged match
  2. a no holds barred, do-or-die, serious competition or challenge
    ガチンコ(たい)(けつ)
    gachinko taiketsu
    a showdown, a do-or-die confrontation

Derived terms

  • がちがち (gachigachi)
  • がちり (gachiri)
  • がっちり (gatchiri)
  • がちん (gachin)
  • かちかち (kachikachi)
  • かちり (kachiri)
  • かっちり (katchiri)
  • かちん (kachin)
  • かちんこ (kachinko)

References

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

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