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Japanese
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| 靑丹よし (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From Old Japanese 靑丹よし (awoni yo2si).
Literally “blue-green + (red) earth + + ”.
Adnominal
青丹よし • (aoni yoshi) ←あをによし (awonyosi)?
- allusion to 奈良 (Nara, a placename)
- 1235, Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 7, poem 493)
- 青丹よし奈良の都の黒木もて造れる宿はをれどあかぬかも
- aoni yoshi Nara no miyako no kuroki mote tsukureru yado wa oredo akanu ka mo
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- allusion to verb ならふ (narafu → narau, “to follow, imitate”), punning the aforementioned placename
- c. 1128, Sanboku Kikashū (book 9, poem 1499)
- この世をば仮ともいはむあをによしならはぬ身にはそれもそふなど
- kono yo o ba kari to mo iwan aoni yoshi narawanu mi ni wa sore mo sōnado
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