上洛

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
上 洛
じょう
Grade: 1 		らく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “To go to Luoyang”. Kyoto was modelled after Luoyang, which was China's eastern capital of Han and Tang dynasties.

Pronunciation

Noun

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上(じょう)洛(らく) • (jōraku) ←じやうらく (zyauraku)?

  1. (historical or archaic) going to Kyoto; going to the capital, visiting the capital
    Synonym: 上京 (jōkyō)
    上(じょう)洛(らく)中(ちゅう)で会(あ)った。
    Jōraku chū de atta.
    They met while visiting the capital.
    • 1979, Moriya Katsuhisa, Jōraku: Seiji to bunka, page 20:
      ところで、こうした中(ちゅう)世(せい)から近(きん)世(せい)にいたる諸将(しょしょう)の上(じょう)洛(らく)のなかで、京(きょう)都(と)は大(おお)きな変(へん)貌(ぼう)を遂(と)げていた。
      Tokorode, kō shita chūsei kara kinsei ni itaru sho shō no jōraku no naka de, Kyōto wa ōkina henbō o togete-ita.
      Thus, as a result of various leaders coming up to the capital from the Middle Ages until recent times, Kyoto has undergone major changes.

Verb

上(じょう)洛(らく)する • (jōraku suru) ←じやうらく (zyauraku)?suru (stem 上(じょう)洛(らく)し (jōraku shi), past 上(じょう)洛(らく)した (jōraku shita))

  1. (historical or archaic) to go to Kyoto, go to the capital

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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