Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 四面楚歌(しめんそか) in Japanese

四面楚歌
Kana Reading
しめんそか
Romaji
shimensoka
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
    Example sentence
    これじゃあまるで四面楚歌だ。 I see that I am surrounded by hostile faces.

Examples of 四面楚歌, しめんそか in a sentence

Kanji in this word

歌 JLPT 4

14 strokes

song, sing

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: うた, うた.う

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面 JLPT 3

9 strokes

mask, face, features, surface

On'Yomi: メン, ベン

Kun'Yomi: おも, おもて, つら

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四 JLPT 5

5 strokes

four

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: よ, よ.つ, よっ.つ, よん

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楚

13 strokes

whip, cane

On'Yomi: ソ, ショ

Kun'Yomi: いばら, しもと, すわえ

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