首尾貫徹

Reading

Kana: しゅびかんてつ

Romaji: shubikantetsu

Definition

noun

vs

1

(logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

尾

Readings: ビ、 お

Meanings: tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain

貫

Readings: カン、 つらぬ.く、 ぬ.く、 ぬき

Meanings: pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate, brace

徹

Reading: テツ

Meanings: penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)