大阪

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See also: 大坂

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
 a slope; hillside
trad. (大阪) 大 阪
simp. #(大阪) 大 阪
alternative forms 大坂
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Etymology

“Osaka”
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大阪

  1. (～市) Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. (～府) Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)
  3. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大阪・大坂, Ōsaka; or of 大阪・大坂, Ōzaka

Noun

大阪

  1. (Classical) great hill; great mountain; great slope

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 阪
おお
Grade: 1 		さか
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
大坂 (obsolete)
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Compound of 大 (ō, “large, great”) +‎ 阪 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was historically known as 小坂 (Wosaka → Osaka, literally “little hill”) and was renamed to mean literally a “large hill”. [1][2]

Originally spelled as 大坂 until the early Meiji period, possibly for some superstitious reason.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おおさか (Heiban – )[3]
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Proper noun

大(おお)阪(さか) • (Ōsaka) ←おほさか (Ofosaka)?

  1. a placename, especially:
    1. Short for 大阪府 (Ōsaka-fu): a prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Seto Inland Sea
    2. Short for 大阪市 (Ōsaka-shi): the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  2. a surname
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大 阪
おお
Grade: 1 		さか > ざか
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
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The saka changes to zaka as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大(おお)阪(ざか) • (Ōzaka) ←おほざか (Ofozaka)?

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 大阪 (Ōsaka, placename)
    • 2021, Todōfuken zukan [Prefectures picture book], page 88:
      大(おお)阪(さか)府(ふ)の由(ゆ)来(らい)　古(  ふる)くは「おさか」「おおざか」とよばれ、「小(お)坂(さか)」「大(おお)坂(ざか)」から明(めい)治(じ)維(い)新(しん)後(ご)に「大(おお)阪(さか)」となった
      Ōsaka-fu no yurai   Furuku wa “Osaka” “Ōzaka” to yobare, “Osaka” “Ōzaka” kara Meiji Ishin-go ni “Ōsaka” to natta
      Osaka prefecture origins: Formerly called “Osaka” or “Ōzaka” and written <小坂> or <大坂>, it became <大阪> after the Meiji Restoration
  2. a surname

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References

  1. ^ 大坂城のはじまり　『大坂城全史――歴史と構造の謎を解く』「はじめに」 - 中村博司
  2. ^ 浅井建爾 『日本の地名がわかる事典』 日本実業出版、1998年、→ISBN
  3. ^ 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
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