心太

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Kanji in this term
心 太
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology 1

/kokorobuto/ → /kokorotei/ → /kokoroten/ → /tokoroten/

Shift from kokorobuto (see below).

The shift from buto to tei was not a regular sound shift, but rather a reanalysis of the 太 kanji, switching out the kun'yomi for the on'yomi of tai, for which tei appears to be a variant. This shift appears to have happened during the Muromachi period. Kokorotei then became kokoroten, shifting again to tokoroten by the Edo period. The ten ending is likely influenced by the ten in 天草 (tengusa, “agar”), its main ingredient.

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Noun

心太(ところてん) or 心太(トコロテン) • (tokoroten) 

  1. a Japanese noodle-like dish made from the agar of red algae such as Gelidium and Gracilaria
  2. (gay slang) prostate orgasm
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
心 太
こころ
Grade: 2 		ふと > ぶと
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Likely from Old Japanese, first attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Compound of 心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart → spirit”) + 太(ふと) (futo, “fat”). The futo changes to buto as an instance of

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rendaku (連濁)

Noun

心(こころ)太(ぶと) • (kokorobuto) 

  1. (dated, possibly obsolete) Synonym of 天草 (tengusa): a red algae of the family Gelidiaceae
  2. (dated, possibly obsolete) a Japanese noodle-like dish made from the agar of red algae such as Gelidium and Gracilaria
  3. Synonym of 大根 (daikon): the Japanese radish

Adjective

心(こころ)太(ぶと) • (kokorobuto) †-nari

  1. bold, unfazed (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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