奈良の都

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
奈 良 都
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(ateji) 		ら
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(ateji) 		みやこ
Grade: 3
goon nanori kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
奈良の都 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literally the “Nara capital”.

Noun

奈(な)良(ら)の都(みやこ) • (Nara no miyako) 

  1. (historical, archaic) Synonym of 平城京 (Heijō-kyō): the capital of ancient Japan during most of the Nara period
    • c. 1151, Shika Wakashū (book 1, poem 29; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 61)
      いにしへの奈(な)良(ら)の都(みやこ)の八(や)重(へ)桜(ざくら)けふ九(ここの)重(へ)ににほひぬるかな
      inishie no Nara no miyako no yaezakura kyō kokonoe ni nioinuru kana
      The eightfold cherries in the old capital at Nara do bloom today in ninefold splendor.

Old Japanese

Etymology

Literally the “Nara capital”.

Noun

奈良の都 (Nara no2 mi1yako1)

  1. the capital of ancient Japan during most of the Nara period
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 808:
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      多都乃麻乎安禮波毛等米牟阿遠爾與志奈良乃美夜古邇許牟比等乃多仁
      tatu no2 ‛ma wo are pa moto2me2mu awoni yo2si Nara no2 mi1yako1 ni ko2mu pi1to2 no2 ta ni
      I would want a dragon horse in the blue-green earth capital of Nara for everyone's benefit.

Descendants

  • Japanese: 奈良の都 (Nara no miyako)
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