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Japanese
Etymology
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Compound of 益荒 (masura, “manliness”) + 男 (o, “man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
益荒男 • (masurao) ←ますらを (masurawo)?
- a strong, brave man
- Synonyms: 益荒男子 (ますらおのこ, masura onoko), 益荒猛男 (ますらたけお, masuratakeo)
- Antonym: 手弱女 (たおやめ, taoyame)
- a warrior, soldier
- Synonyms: 武人 (bujin), 武士 (mononofu)
- an official of the ancient Japanese court
- a hunter
- Synonyms: 狩人 (かりうど, kariudo, かりゅうど, karyūdo), 猟師 (りょうし, ryōshi)
1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 387: [2]
- Masurauo. マスラヲ (丈夫) 詩歌語. すなわち, Yamano reôxi. (山の猟師) 山びと, あるいは, 猟人.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.