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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
鞍上 • (anjō) ←あんじやう (anzyau)?
- on a horse’s saddle; (by extension) on a horse
- Synonym: 馬上 (bajō)
- Antonym: 鞍下 (anka)
1923, 水上滝太郎, 大人の眼と子供の眼, 青空文庫:
- それっきり自分は口をつぐんでしまったが、たった一瞬間にして通り過ぎただけの白馬鞍上の紳士の姿は、一生涯忘れられないほど爽かに眼に残った。
- Sorekkiri jibun wa kuchi o tsugunde shimatta ga, tatta isshunkan ni shite tōrisugita dake no hakuba anjō no shinshi no sugata wa, isshō wasurerarenai hodo sawayaka ni me ni nokotta.
- I ended up holding my tongue from then on, but the image of the gentleman on the saddle of the white horse, whom I merely passed by in an instant, lingered in my mind so pleasantly that I will never forget it.
1941, 吉川英治, 梅里先生行状記, 青空文庫:
- あざやかに鞍上にまたがり、すぐ馬首を立てて春風に道を求めている。
- Azayaka ni anjō ni matagari, sugu bashu o tatete shunpū ni michi o motomete iru.
- He gracefully sat astride on the saddle, immediately raised the horse’s neck, and made his way through the spring breeze.
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