千歳

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
千 歳
ち
Grade: 1 		とせ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
千歲 (kyūjitai)
千年
 千歳 on Japanese Wikipedia

千 (“thousand”) +‎ 歳 (“year”)

Pronunciation

Noun

千(ち)歳(とせ) • (chitose) 

  1. Synonym of 千年 (sennen, “a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”)
Derived terms

Proper noun

千(ち)歳(とせ) • (Chitose) 

  1. a female given name
  2. Chitose (a city in Ishikari, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
  3. (historical) Chitose (a district of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
  4. (historical) Chitose (a village in Chitose district, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
  5. (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōtomari district, Karafuto prefecture, Japan)
  6. (historical) Chitose (a village in Higashimurayama district, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
  7. (historical) Chitose (a village in Asai district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
  8. (historical) Chitose (a village in Awa district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
  9. (historical) Chitose (a village in Minamikuwada district, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
  10. (historical) Chitose (a village in Kitatama district, Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
  11. (historical) Chitose (a village in Kanzaki district, Saga Prefecture, Japan)
  12. (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōno district, Ōita Prefecture, Japan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
千 歳
せん
Grade: 1 		ざい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
千歲 (kyūjitai)
千載

From Middle Chinese 千歲 (MC tshen sjwejH, “thousand years of age”).

Noun

千(せん)歳(ざい) • (senzai) 

  1. Synonym of 千年 (sennen, “a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”)
  2. a role in the 翁 (Okina) routine in Noh

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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