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獅子奮迅 (ししふんじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
furious energy ; frenzied activity ; ferocious intensity
yojijukugo (four-character idiom)
Describes a person or group acting with the fierce, unstoppable energy of a lion charging forward. Often used with ～の勢い, ～の活躍, or as a の-adjective modifying nouns like 働き, 努力, 攻撃.
選せん 手しゅ たち は 獅し 子し 奮ふん 迅じん の 勢いきお い で 攻せ め 続つづ け た 。
The players kept attacking with ferocious momentum.
Kanji 子 child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM 奮 stirred up, be invigorated, flourish Similar words 獅し 子し 獅子 means 'lion' and is the source of the fierce imagery, but 獅子奮迅 specifically describes the energetic, unstoppable manner of action.
奮ふん 迅じん 奮迅 alone means 'impetuous' or 'dashing forward', but it is rarely used independently; 獅子奮迅 is the common fixed expression.
Etymology A yojijukugo combining 獅子 (lion) and 奮迅 (impetuous advance), evoking the image of a lion charging with unstoppable force. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a classical Chinese-derived expression used to describe fierce, energetic action.
