荒城

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
荒 城
こう
Grade: S 		じょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi goon

/kʷau zʲau/ → /kʷɔːʑɔː/ → /koːʑoː/

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 荒 (kō, “desolate”) +‎ 城 (jō, “castle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

荒(こう)城(じょう) • (kōjō) ←くわうじやう (kwauzyau)?

  1. a castle in ruins
    • 1901, “Kōjō no Tsuki [Moon over the Ruined Castle]”, Bansui Doi (lyrics), Rentarō Taki (music):
      写(うつ)さんとてか今(いま)も尚(なほ)　嗚呼(ああ)荒(くわう)城(じやう)の夜半(よは)の月(つき)
      utsusan tote ka ima mo nao ā kōjō no yowa no tsuki
      Does it still show now and always? Ah! that ruined castle the midnight moon.
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
荒 城
あら
Grade: S 		き
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
殯

From 荒 (ara-, “crude, rough”) +‎ 城 (ki, “fortified structure → castle, fortress”).

Noun

荒(あら)城(き) • (araki) 

  1. (archaic) a temporary location where a deceased nobleman is enshrined during a period of mourning before the proper burial mound is completed
Derived terms

References

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