室町

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
室 町
むろ
Grade: 2 		まち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 室 (muro, “a cellar, a certain kind of storage room”) +‎ 町 (machi, “town, district”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

室(むろ)町(まち) • (Muromachi) 

  1. the Muromachi district or area along a major street running north and south through the downtown area of Kyōto
  2. the north–south Muromachi Street in Kyōto
  3. the Muromachi Period in Japan, running from approximately 1336 to 1573; so named for the government offices being located in the Muromachi area of Kyōto
  4. the Muromachi area in Nihonbashi, Tōkyō, so named for the area in Kyōto

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References

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