Where does “胸三寸” come from?
胸三寸 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 胸, from Japanese い, from Japanese や, from Japanese じゃ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ.
胸三寸 (Japanese): thoughts buried deep inside the heart
Definitions
- thoughts buried deep inside the heart
Ancestry of “胸三寸”, step by step
胸三寸 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 胸
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 胸 | chest, breast; heart, inner thoughts; bosom,... |
| 2 | Japanese | い | Used in compounds with certain sentence-ending... |
| 3 | Japanese | や | and/or; is, are; Alternative form of いや |
| 4 | Japanese | じゃ | so, then—used for connecting to a reasonable... |
| 5 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 6 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 7 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 8 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 9 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |
via Korean 三寸
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 三寸 | — |