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”, Bansui Doi (lyrics), Rentarō Taki (music):
      今(いま)荒(くわう)城(じやう)の夜半(よは)の月(つき)　替(か)はらぬ光(ひかり)誰(た)がためぞ
      ima kōjō no yowa no tsuki kawaranu hikari ta ga tame zo
      Now, for whose sake, doth the ruined castle midnight moon shine with Her unchanging light?
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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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