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Japanese
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
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萬葉 (kyūjitai)
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/man jepʉ/ → /maɰjeɸu/ → /maɰjeu/ → /maɰjoː/
From Middle Chinese 萬葉 (MC mjonH yep).
Pronunciation
Noun
万葉 • (man'yō) ←まんえふ (man'efu)?
- myriads of leaves
- (by extension) thousands of years, eternity
Derived terms
Proper noun
万葉 • (Man'yō) ←まんえふ (Man'efu)?
- Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
- a female given name
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
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萬葉 (kyūjitai)
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/man jepʉ/ → /maɰjeɸu/ → /maɲːeɸu/ → /maɲːeu/ → /maɲɲoː/
Shift from man'yō above.
The yō changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]
Noun
万葉 • (mannyō) ←まんえふ (man'efu)?
- (rare) myriads of leaves
- (by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity
Proper noun
万葉 • (Mannyō) ←まんえふ (Man'efu)?
- (rare) Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Various nanori readings.
Proper noun
万葉 or 万葉 or 万葉 or 万葉 or 万葉 or 万葉 or 万葉 or 万葉 or 万葉 • (Kazuha or Kazuyo or Mazuha or Maha or Maya or Mayo or Mayō or Manha or Mitsuyo)
- a female given name
万葉 or 万葉 • (Banba or Manba)
- a surname
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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