千名

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

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kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (chi, thousand) +‎ (na, name).

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (china

  1. various rumours
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 731:
      , text here:
      吾名者毛 千名之五百名尓 雖立 君之名立者 惜社泣
      我が名はも 千名の五百名に 立ちぬとも 君が名立たば 惜しみこそ泣け
      わがなはも ちなのいほなに たちぬとも きみがなたたば をしみこそなけ
      Wa ga na wa mo / china no ihona ni / tachinu tomo / kimi ga na tataba / oshimi koso nake
      Let my name be raised five hundred times, a thousand times, but if your name is raised, I cry with regret