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Japanese
Etymology
From the first line of most sections of Ise Monogatari (late 9th century), 昔、男ありけり (Mukashi, otoko arikeri, “Long ago, there lived a (certain) man...”).[1][2][3]
Proper noun
昔男 • (Mukashi Otoko) ←むかしをとこ (Mukasiwotoko)?
- (archaic, colloquial) a nickname of Ariwara no Narihira, Heian-period waka poet
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN