手弱女

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手 弱 女
Grade: 1
(ateji) 		Grade: 2
(ateji) 		め
Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi

Etymology

⟨tawayame1⟩ → */tawayamʲe/ → */tawəyame/ → /tawoyame/ → /taoyame/

Shift from Old Japanese 手弱女 (tawayame1). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

The use of 手弱 is an example of ateji (当て字), see classical verb 手弱し (tayowashi, “frail, weak”).

Pronunciation

Noun

手弱女(たおやめ) • (taoyame) ←たをやめ (tawoyame)?

  1. a beautiful and tender lady
    Antonym: 益荒男 (masurao)
  2. (by extension) a prostitute

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

Possibly from 撓や (tawaya-, stem of modern adjective たわやか (tawayaka, “bendy, supple”); and cognate with verb 撓む (tawamu), “to bend, lose heart”) +‎ 女 (me1, “woman”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

手弱女 (tawayame1) (kana たわやめ)

  1. a beautiful and tender lady
    Antonym: 益荒男 (masurawo)
    • 711–712, Kojiki, First scroll, descendants of Susanoo no mikoto:
      ...我心淸明、故我所生子得手弱女...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 15, poem 3753:
      , text here
      安波牟日能可多美尓世与等多和也女能於毛比美太礼弖奴敝流許呂母曾
      apamu pi1 no2 katami1 ni seyo2 to2 tawayame1 no2 omopi1mi1darete nupe1ru ko2ro2mo zo2
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Japanese: 手弱女 (taoyame)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Ivan Morris (2014) The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan, BookBaby, →ISBN
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