jmdict 2399560 Active (id#2291365)
歯に衣着せぬ； 歯に衣きせぬ [sK] ； 歯にきぬ着せぬ [sK] ； 歯に絹着せぬ [sK]
【 はにきぬきせぬ 】
  1. [exp,adj-f] [id]
    • outspoken
    • forthright
    • frank
    • direct
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1902300 歯に衣を着せない【はにきぬをきせない】 1. outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
    • ⇐ see: 2067500 歯に衣を着せぬ【はにきぬをきせぬ】 1. outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
    • ⇐ see: 2259790 歯に衣着せない【はにきぬきせない】 1. outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
History:
    • A 2024-02-08 00:10:25 Jim Breen (id#2291365)
    • Comments
      Looks fine.
    • A* 2024-02-07 22:27:57 Stephen Kraus (id#2291355)
    • Diff
      @@ -24,0 +25 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
    • A* 2024-02-07 21:36:16 Stephen Kraus (id#2291346)
    • Comments
      Reopening for review.
    • A 2024-02-07 21:28:15 Stephen Kraus (id#2291342)
    • Comments
      We have four entries for variations of this expression (listed above). This entry (衣着せぬ) seems to be the most common and most recorded by references. I will align the other three entries and point them here.
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 歯に衣着せぬ　　 │ 62,969 │ 89.4% │
│ 歯に衣を着せぬ　 │  2,805 │  4.0% │
│ 歯に衣着せない　 │  2,609 │  3.7% │
│ 歯に衣を着せない │  2,024 │  2.9% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -25 +24,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2259790">歯に衣着せない</xref>
    • A 2024-02-07 20:58:11 Stephen Kraus (id#2291338)
    • Refs
      〈歯／は／ハ〉に〈衣／絹／きぬ／キヌ〉〈着／き〉せぬ

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 歯に衣着せぬ　 │ 62,969 │ 96.8% │
│ 歯に衣きせぬ　 │    782 │  1.2% │ - add, sK
│ 歯にきぬ着せぬ │    618 │  0.9% │ - add, sK
│ 歯に絹着せぬ　 │    504 │  0.8% │ - add, sK (meikyo: 「衣」を「絹」と書くのは誤り。)
│ 歯に絹きせぬ　 │    124 │  0.2% │
│ 歯にきぬきせぬ │     41 │  0.1% │
│ はにきぬきせぬ │     44 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -5,0 +6,12 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>歯に衣きせぬ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>歯にきぬ着せぬ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>歯に絹着せぬ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
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