夕凪

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夕 凪
ゆう
Grade: 1 		なぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 夕(ゆう) (yū, “evening”) + 凪(なぎ) (nagi, “calm, lull”).

Pronunciation

Noun

夕(ゆう)凪(なぎ) • (yūnagi) ←ゆふなぎ (yufunagi)?

  1. evening calm (lack of winds), found in coastal regions
    • 1232-1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 13, poem 849; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 97)
      来(こ)ぬ人(ひと)をまつほの浦(うら)の夕(ゆふ)なぎに焼(や)くや藻(も)塩(しほ)の身(み)もこがれつつ
      konu hito o Matsuho-no-ura no yūnagi ni yaku ya moshio no mi mo kogaretsutsu
      Waiting for someone who comes not on Matsuho beach in becalmed twilight, as if burning like the salt seaweed, my body is seared again and again.[2]
    Antonym: 朝凪 (asanagi)

Proper noun

夕(ゆう)凪(なぎ) • (Yūnagi) ←ゆふなぎ (Yufunagi)?

  1. either one of the two Kamikaze-class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (see Japanese destroyer Yūnagi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
    Hypernym: 神風 (Kamikaze)
  2. a female given name
  3. a place name

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (2008) Murmured Conversations: A Treatise on Poetry and Buddhism by the Poet-Monk Shinkei, annotated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, pages 45-46
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