海千山千

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	千	山	千
うみ Grade: 2	せん Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1	せん Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi	kun’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

Yoji jukugo (四字熟語). According to legends, a 蛇 (ja, “snake”) who lived in the 海 (umi, “sea”) for a 千年 (sennen, “thousand years”) and in the 山 (yama, “mountains”) a thousand years could turn into a 竜 (ryū, “dragon”). See also the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うみせんやません [ùmíséń yámáséń] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) うみせんやません [úꜜmìsèǹ yàmàsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲisẽ̞ɰ̃ ja̠ma̠sẽ̞ɴ]

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) うみせん [ùmíséń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲisẽ̞ɴ]

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) やません [yàmáséń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

海千山千 (hiragana うみせんやません, rōmaji umisen yamasen)

craftiness
海 (うみ)千 (せん)山 (やま)千 (せん)のプレイボーイ
umisen yamasen no pureibōi
a sly playboy; a womanizer
a crafty person

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