埼玉県

埼玉県 (canonical)
Saitama-ken (romanization)

From 埼玉 (Saitama) + 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Saitama (an inland prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan)


Saitama

Borrowed from Japanese 埼玉(さいたま) (Saitama).

The capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan.


Saitama

Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan).


上原

[kã̠mba̠ɾɯ̟]

The hara/haru changes to bara/baru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

A neighborhood of Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture.


島田

島田 (canonical)
Shimada (romanization)
島田 (canonical)
Shimata (romanization)

→ Chinese: 島田 /岛田 (Dǎotián)

→ English: Shimada

Compound of 島(しま) (shima, “island”) + 田(た) (ta, “rice field”). Literally, “island-like field”. The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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A neighborhood of Sakado, Saitama Prefecture.


関根

A neighborhood of Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture.


前田

前田 (canonical)
Maeda (romanization)
Mafeda (romanization)
まへだ (hiragana historical)
前田 (canonical)
Maeta (romanization)
Mafeta (romanization)
まへた (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 前田 (Qiántián)

→ English: Maeda

A neighborhood of Hatogaya, Saitama Prefecture.


和田

和(わ) (wa) + 田(た) (ta, literally “tranquil field”)


埼玉

/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ y⁵¹/

/kʰei̯²¹ jʊk̚²/

/ki²³⁻³³ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ y⁵¹/

/kʰei̯²¹ jʊk̚²/

/ki²³⁻³³ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

/ki²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɔk̚⁴/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 埼(さい)玉(たま) (Saitama).

(～市) Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)


埼玉

Russian: Са́йтама f (Sájtama)

⟨saki₁tama⟩ → */sakʲitama/ → /saĩtama//saĩdama/ → /saitama/
Shift from Old Japanese 埼玉 (Saki₁tama).
Also read as Saidama in older texts.

Short for 埼玉県 (Saitama-ken): Saitama, Saitama Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)

埼玉県

Alternative spelling of さいたま (Saitama): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)


浦和

浦和 (canonical)
Urawa (romanization)
うらわ (hiragana historical)

ja:浦和区 ja:浦和市

Urawa (a ward of Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan)


石原

石原 (canonical)
Ishihara (romanization)
石原 (canonical)
Ishiwara (romanization)
石原 (canonical)
Ishibara (romanization)

→ Chinese: 石原 (Shíyuán)

→ English: Ishihara, Ishiwara

[iɕiβ̞a̠ɾa̠]

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 原(はら) (hara, “field, meadow”). Literally, “stone meadow”.

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Ishihara (multiple neighborhoods in Japan):

A neighborhood of Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture.


さいたま

From 埼玉 (Saitama, “Saitama Prefecture”).

さいたま市 さいたま市#Japanese

Short for さいたま市 (Saitama-shi): Saitama (the capital city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan)


奥田

The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

A neighborhood of Hatoyama, Saitama Prefecture.


相模

→ Chinese: 相模

→ English: Sagami

⟨saɡamu⟩ → */saɡamʉ/ → /saɡami/
Shift from Old Japanese 相模 (Sagamu), attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Sagami (the neighborhoods of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture; of Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture; and of Ōtsushi, Shiga Prefecture; in Japan)


志賀

→ Chinese: 志賀 /志贺 (Zhìhè)

→ English: Shiga

Superficially 志(し) (shi, “determination”) + 賀(が) (ga, “celebration”). Shiga, the area near Lake Biwa, was the site of Emperor Tenchi’s palace in the late 7th century. In waka poetry 志賀 is often used to evoke nostalgia for the ancient empire.
Compare 滋賀 (Shiga).

a neighborhood of Ranzan, Saitama Prefecture


Сайтама

ru-proper noun+

Са́йтама • (Sájtama) f inan (genitive Са́йтамы)

Са́йтама (canonical)
Sájtama (romanization)
Са́йтамы (genitive)
Са́йтама (nominative singular)
Са́йтамы (genitive singular)
Са́йтаме (dative singular)
Са́йтаму (accusative singular)
Са́йтамой (instrumental singular)
Са́йтамою (instrumental singular)
Са́йтаме (prepositional singular)

Borrowed from Japanese 埼玉 (さいたま, Saitama).

bor+

ru:Сайтама (город)
ru:Сайтама (префектура)


ダ埼玉

ダ埼玉 (canonical)
Dasaitama (romanization)

Saitama (city)
Saitama Prefecture
Tamori

Attested since the 1980s.
Blend of ダサい (dasai, “uncool”) + 埼玉 (Saitama, “Saitama Prefecture”, or the titular capital before 2001), often attributed to Japanese comedian Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita).

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1992, Aiko Sato, Rōhei wa shinazu [Old soldiers don’t die]:

「東京というのはダサイとこだ…ダサイ文化が焼酎を支えている。その源はダ埼玉にある」というようなものだそう

“Tōkyō to iu no wa dasai toko da… dasai bunka ga shōchū o sasaete-iru. Sono minamoto wa Dasaitama ni aru” to iu yō na mono da sō

They say, “Tokyo is a dasai place... dasai culture supports shochu. The fountainhead is in Dasai-tama.”

(slang, derogatory) Synonym of 埼玉 (Saitama): Saitama Prefecture

2013, Shigenori Yamanaka, Kore de ii no ka? Saitama-ken, page 50:

1988年の開局当時、エフエム埼玉を名乗っていた FM 放送局は、「ダ埼玉のラジオ局」という印象を与えるとでも思ったのか、 2001年に「埼玉」をなくして、もともとの愛称であったヨコ文字 (というかアルファベットだけど) の NACK 5 と名称変更された。

せんきゅうひゃくはちじゅうはち

Senkyūhyakuhachijūhachi-nen no kaikyoku tōji, Efuemu Saitama o nanotte-ita efuemu hōsōkyoku wa,“Dasaitama no rajio kyoku” to iu inshō o ataeru to demo omotta no ka, nisen'ichi-nen ni “Saitama” o nakushite, motomoto no aishō deatta yoko moji (to iu ka arufabetto dake do) no Nakku Faibu to meishō henkō sareta.

When it began broadcasting in 1988 FM Saitama was labeled “Dasai-tama radio station”, but in 2001 when Saitama dropped its kanji spelling the station name was changed to Nack5, originally a nickname, written horizontally (in Latin characters).

(slang, derogatory) Synonym of さいたま (Saitama): the titular capital of Saitama Prefecture


土場

石山 […] 埼玉県吉川市土場(ドジョウ) 158番2号

Ishiyama […] Saitama-ken Yoshikawa-shi Dojō (Dojō) ichigohachi-ban ni-gō

Ishiyama, Saitama prefecture, Yoshikawa city, Dojō #158-2

2017, “Otona mo tanoshī kōjō kengaku [Workshop tours that adults can also enjoy]”, in Hanako Family, page 34:

a district of Yoshikawa city, Saitama Prefecture


グンタマ

グンタマ (canonical)
ぐんたま (canonical)
Guntama (romanization)

2013, Kato Miaki, Teddy go! Are you Teddy?, volume 2, page iii:

その上ここは埼玉。「ダさいたま」「ぐんたまちばらき」等々の蔑称もある首都圏・一都三県のいじめられ子。

Sono ue koko wa Saitama. “Dasaitama” “Guntama-Chibaraki” tōtō no besshō mo aru shutoken itto-sanken no ijimerare ko.

Furthermore, this is Saitama. The bullied child of the Tokyo metro region is given such derogatory nicknames as “Dasaitama” or “Guntama-Chibaraki”.

2015 March 17, Hatsuki Izayoi [username], “Ima demo Chibaraki toka Guntama toka iu hito wa irun deshō ka [Are there still people who say things like ‘Chibaraki’ and ‘Guntama’?]”, in Yahoo! Chiebukuro, archived from the original on 2021-10-31:

“Chiba has Disneyland and Narita airport, so Chiba is urban. But Saitama is just like Gunma,” so Saitama is called “Guntama”.

「千葉にはディズニーランドも成田空港もあるから千葉の方が都会。埼玉なんて群馬と同じようなもの」という意味で埼玉のことを「グンタマ」と言います。

“Chiba ni wa Dizunīrando mo Narita kūkō mo aru kara Chiba no hō ga tokai. Saitama nante Gunma to onaji yō na mono” to iu imi de Saitama no koto o “Guntama” to iimasu.

2019 February 27, “Eiga ‘tonde Saitama’: ‘Bakushō, naite,…’, chiiki sa e no kando kyōdo ai hakaru ichijo ni [Movie ‘Flight to Saitama’: ‘Laughter, tears,...’ a measure of regional loyalty and love of hometown]”, in Nippon.com:

With fashionable towns (Yokohama, Kamakura) and the Shonan area, Kanagawa is “special”, but from the point of view of Tokyo there is no differentiating among “Guntama-Chibaraki” (Gunma and Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki), Kanto’s other four prefectures are all one lump.

おしゃれな街（横浜、鎌倉）や湘南エリアを擁し一目置かれる神奈川は「別格」として、東京から「グンタマ－チバラキ」（群馬・埼玉－千葉・茨城）と一くくりにされる他の関東4県に異論のあるはずもない。

Oshare na machi (Yokohama, Kamakura) ya Shōnan eria o yō shi ichimoku okareru Kanagawa wa “bekkaku” to shite, Tōkyō kara “Guntama－Chibaraki” (Gunma Saitama － Chiba Ibaraki) to ichi kukuri ni sareru hoka no Kantō yon-ken ni iron no aru hazu mo nai.

(informal, derogatory, sometimes humorous) the area encompassing Gunma and Saitama prefectures

ダさいたま

Dasaitama, derogatory nickname for Saitama


中神

The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

A neighborhood of Iruma, Saitama Prefecture.