洒落

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See also: 灑落

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 洒落 – see 灑落 (“to trickle; to drip; confident and at ease; natural and elegant”).
(This term is the simplified form of 灑落).
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
洒 落
しゃ
Hyōgai 		らく > れ
Grade: 3
goon irregular

Derived as the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 洒(しゃ)落(れ)る (shareru, “to be witty; to be stylish or dapper”). The spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字), ultimately from Chinese 灑落／洒落 (sǎluò, “confident and at ease; natural and elegant”).[1]

First cited to the late 1600s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

洒(しゃ)落(れ) or 洒落(シャレ) • (share) 

  1. wittiness, refinement, stylishness, easygoing-ness
    Synonym: 洒脱 (shadatsu)
  2. stylish and fashionable dress, good style in one's clothing
    Synonym: おしゃれ (oshare)
  3. (historical) short for 洒落女 (share onna): a type of prostitute during the Edo period
    Synonym: (literally “fancy woman”) 洒落女 (share onna)
  4. a witticism, a bon mot, a joke
    Synonyms: (“witticism”) 警句 (keiku), (“joke”) 冗談 (jōdan), (“pun”) 駄洒落 (dajare)
  5. playing around in a red-light district
  6. playing around in general, jesting, joshing
    Synonym: 戯れる (tawamureru)
  7. something attractive, cool, interesting (compare English shiny)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
洒 落
しゃ
Hyōgai 		らく > ら
Grade: 3
goon irregular

Appears to be a shift from sharaku.

First cited in the 1620s.[1]

This reading appears to be archaic, possibly obsolete.

Pronunciation

Adjective

洒(しゃ)落(ら) • (shara) -na (adnominal 洒(しゃ)落(ら)な (shara na), adverbial 洒(しゃ)落(ら)に (shara ni))

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) cheeky, impudent, impertinent, saucy, pretentious, haughty
    Synonyms: 洒落臭い (sharakusai), 生意気 (nama-iki)
  2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) stylish, trendy, fashionable
    Synonym: 粋 (iki)

Noun

洒(しゃ)落(ら) • (shara) 

  1. (historical, archaic, possibly obsolete) a type of prostitute during the Edo period
    Synonym: (literally “fancy woman”) 洒落女 (share onna)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
洒 落
しゃ
Hyōgai 		らく
Grade: 3
goon

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 灑落 (MC sraeX lak, “confident and at ease; natural and elegant”).

First cited to 1520.[1] Given the dates of first appearance, sharaku may have been the original reading. An 1876 dictionary of word readings lists sharaku as an alternative for share.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

洒(しゃ)落(らく) • (sharaku) -na (adnominal 洒(しゃ)落(らく)な (sharaku na), adverbial 洒(しゃ)落(らく)に (sharaku ni))

  1. carefree, easygoing
    Synonym: 洒脱 (shadatsu)

Noun

洒(しゃ)落(らく) • (sharaku) 

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) wittiness, refinement, stylishness, easygoing-ness (see the share reading)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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