いね
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Japanese
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| 稲 |
Alternative forms
Etymology
⟨i1ne⟩ → /ine/
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *inay.
Pronunciation
Noun
- the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa
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- 伊祢都氣波可加流安我手乎許余比毛可等能乃和久胡我等里弖奈氣可武 [Man'yōgana]
- 稲舂けばかかる我が手を今宵もか殿の若子が取りて嘆かむ [Modern spelling]
- ine tsukeba kakaru aga te o koyoi mo ka tono no wakugo ga torite nagekamu
- As my hands are chapped from polishing rice, I wonder if the master’s son will take them and lament again tonight
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- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of rice plants
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
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Proper noun
- (dated) a female given name
- a surname
References
- ^ “稲”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN