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Japanese
Etymology
⟨so2podo2⟩ → */səpədə/ → /soɸod͡zu/ → /sowod͡zu/ → /soːzu/
Shift from Old Japanese そほど (so2podo2).
Noun
そおず • (sōzu) ←そほづ (sofodu)?
- (archaic) a scarecrow
- Synonym: かかし (kakashi)
- 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 9, poem 1027)
- あしひきの山田のそほづおのれさへ我をほしてふうれはしきこと
- ashi-hiki no yamada no sōzu onore sae ware o hoshi chō urewashiki koto
- Ah, what a trial! Even you make bold, it seems, to chase after me―you scarecrow in a paddy among the foot-wearying hills.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Steven D. Carter (1993) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 94