白堊館

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白 堊 館
はく
Grade: 1 		あ
Hyōgai 		かん
Grade: 3
kan'on kan'yōon on'yomi

白堊 (“chalk”) +‎ 館 (“house”)

Pronunciation

Noun

白(はく)堊(あ)館(かん) • (hakuakan) ←はくあくわん (fakuakwan)?

  1. white-painted large building
    • 1906 December, ja:石川啄木, “葬列 [Funeral Procession]”, in 明星　十二號 (fiction):
      これは此(この)市(まち)で一(いち)番(ばん)人(ひと)の目(め)に立(た)つ雄(ゆう)大(だい)な二(に)階立(かいだち)の白(はく)堊(あ)館(かん)、我(わ)が懷(なつ)かしき母(ぼ)校(こう)である。
      Kore wa konomachi de ichiban hito no me ni tatsu yūdai na nikaidachi no hakuakan, wa ga natsukashiki bokō dearu.
      This is the most eye-catching and magnificent two-story white building in the city, my dear alma mater.
    • 1920 June 1, ドンチキ [The Donchiki], page 6:
      診察處　メーナードとジヤクソン街角（白堊館內）
      Clinic — corner of Maynard and Jackson (in the white building)
    • 1958, Keiō Gijuku hyaku-nen shi [Keio Private University 100 year history]‎, jōkan, page 546:
      この校(こう)舎(しゃ)は明(めい)治(じ)三(さん)十(じゅう)年(ねん)（一(１)八(８)九(９)七(７)）幼(よう)稚(ち)舎(しゃ)が山(やま)の下(した)に降(お)りてからのちは、いわゆる「白(はく)堊(あ)館(かん)」と称(しょう)し、学(がく)生(せい)部(ぶ)会(かい)のルームとして昭(しょう)和(わ)十(じゅう)五(ご)十(じゅう)六(ろく)年(ねん)ごろまで長(なが)く使(し)用(よう)された。
      Kono kōsha wa Meiji sanjū-nen (１８９７) yōchi sha ga yama no shita ni orite kara nochi wa, iwayuru “hakuakan” to shōshi, gakusei bukai no rūmu to shite Shōwa jūgo jūroku-nen goro made nagaku shiyō sareta.
      In Meiji year 30 (1897), after the kindergarten was moved to the bottom the hill, this building was designated “white hall” and was used as the student organization room for a long time, until around Showa 15 or 16 .

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白 堊 館
はく
Grade: 1 		あ
Hyōgai 		かん
Grade: 3
kan'on kan'yōon on'yomi

白堊 (“chalk”) +‎ 館 (“house”), Calque of English White House

Pronunciation

Proper noun

白(はく)堊(あ)館(かん) • (Hakuakan) ←はくあくわん (Fakuakwan)?

  1. (obsolete) the White House
    • 1942 February, ja:海野十三, “不沈軍艦の見本：――金博士シリーズ・10――”, in 新靑年 (fiction):
      ここはワシントンの白(はく)堊(あ)館(かん)の地(ち)下(か)十(じゅう)二(に)階(かい)であった。その一室(いっしつ)の中(なか)で大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう)ルーズベルトのひびのはいった竹(たけ)法(ぼ)螺(ら)のような聲(こえ)がする。
      Koko wa Washinton no Hakuakan no chika jūnikai deatta. sono isshitsu no naka de daitōryō Rūzuberuto no hibi no wa itta takebora no yō na koe ga suru.
      This was the twelfth basement floor of the White House in Washington. Inside the room, President Roosevelt's voice sounded like a cracked bamboo horagai.
Synonyms
Descendants
  • → Korean: 백악관 (白堊館, Baegakgwan)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白 堊 館
ホワイトハウス
Grade: 1 Hyōgai Grade: 3
jukujikun

Proper noun

白堊館(ホワイトハウス) • (Howaito Hausu) 

  1. obsolete spelling of ホワイトハウス

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
白堊館

Proper noun

白堊館 • (Baegakgwan) (hangeul 백악관)

  1. hanja form? of 백악관 (“the White House”)
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