降参 Surrender

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 18:59

降参

surrender

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner \| I = Intermediate \| A = Advanced
降参 kou san surrender	降 kou to descend, fall 参 san attend, coming	降る furu - to fall (rain, snow) [B] 人参 nin jin - carrot [B] 参った maitta - Im beaten... (said with a sigh) [B]

Soon after, the police returned the stolen 20 yen to the rightful owner...

SUGGESTED USAGE:

武器を捨てて、降参しろ！
buki o sutete, kousan shiro!
Drop your weapon, and surrender!

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

武器 buki - weapon
捨てて sutete - throw away [from: 捨てる suteru]
しろ shiro - do it! [a form of する suru]
NOTE: - Dont go around shouting this at everyone you meet. Or if you do, please dont tell them who sent you!