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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesechest, breast; heart, inner thoughts; bosom,...
2JapaneseUsed in compounds with certain sentence-ending...
3Japaneseand/or; is, are; Alternative form of いや
4Japaneseじゃso, then—used for connecting to a reasonable...
5JapaneseであるTo be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です
6Japaneseat; with, by, using; indicating the following...
7Japanesesentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,...
8Japaneseぞえ­ sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones
9JapaneseAlternative form of い
10Middle Chinese

via Korean 三寸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean三寸
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Japanese Every word from Japanese ぞえ