万葉

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See also: 萬葉 and 万叶

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
まん
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
kan'yōon on'yomi
Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ//maɰjeɸu//maɰjeu//maɰjoː/

From Middle Chinese 萬葉 (MC mjonH yep).

Pronunciation

Noun

(まん)(よう) (man'yōまんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. myriads of leaves
  2. (by extension) thousands of years, eternity
Derived terms

Proper noun

(まん)(よう) (Man'yōまんえふ (Man'efu)?

  1. Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
  2. a female given name
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
まん
Grade: 2
よう > にょう
Grade: 3
kan'yōon on'yomi
Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ//maɰjeɸu//maɲːeɸu//maɲːeu//maɲɲoː/

Shift from man'yō above.

The changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

Noun

(まん)(にょう) (mannyōまんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. (rare) myriads of leaves
  2. (by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity

Proper noun

(まん)(にょう) (Mannyōまんえふ (Man'efu)?

  1. (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(かずは) or 万葉(かずよ) or 万葉(まずは) or 万葉(まは) or 万葉(まや) or 万葉(まよ) or 万葉(まよう) or 万葉(まんは) or 万葉(みつよ) (Kazuha or Kazuyo or Mazuha or Maha or Maya or Mayo or Mayō or Manha or Mitsuyo

  1. a female given name

万葉(ばんば) or 万葉(まんば) (Banba or Manba

  1. a surname

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN