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Chinese
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handsome; large; long
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pearl; bead
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granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
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flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
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trad. (曼珠沙華)
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曼
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珠
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沙
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華
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simp. (曼珠沙华)
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曼
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珠
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沙
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华
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Etymology
From the name of a divine flower 曼殊沙華 (MC man dzyu srae hwae|xwae) as attested in Middle-Chinese translation of Buddhist literature, itself phono-semantic translation of a Sanskrit term (see 曼殊沙華#Etymology).
Pronunciation
Noun
曼珠沙華
- red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
Synonyms
- 石蒜 (shísuàn)
- 彼岸花 (bǐ'ànhuā)
Japanese
Alternative spelling
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曼殊沙華
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Etymology
From Literary Chinese 曼珠沙華 (mànzhūshāhuá), from Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka).
Pronunciation
Noun
曼珠沙華 or 曼珠沙華 • (manjushage)
- Synonym of 彼岸花 (higanbana, “Lycoris radiata (red spider lily)”)
2019, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “曼珠沙華 [Red Spider Lily]”:さあ、夢を 君の全てを
ボクに委ねて
堕落して? 何処までも落ちて
枯れ行く曼珠沙華- Sā, yume o kimi no subete o
Boku ni yudanete
Daraku shite? Doko made mo ochite
Kareyuku manjushage - So please, your dreams and all of yourself
Give them to me
Shall we fall, into whatever place
Where the red spider lily falls?
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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