倍

(typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, ⁸⁸⁄₁₀₀₀ in, 8 U (U) and ¹⁄₁₆ 段 (dan)


冠

(poetry) first (traditionally, five) morae of a haiku, etc.; specifically, the first verse or line of a poem


徒

徒花

blossom that bear no fruit; things which being gorgeous in the pretence but worthless in actuality

蕉風俳諧(しょうふうはいかい) 蕉風俳諧#Japanese

(historical, poetry) the term of the 蕉風俳諧(しょうふうはいかい) (shōfūhaikai, “Bashō style haikai”) to indicate innocent and humorous style


段

(typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 1408 mils, ¹⁴⁰⁸⁄₁₀₀₀ in, 128 U (U) and 16 倍 (bai)


歌

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ota.


続

続編

a sequel, a continuation of an earlier work

(by extension, literature and other media) next installment


続

(literature and other media) next installment


字典

ja-noun

字(じ)典(てん) or 字(もじ)典(てん) • (jiten or mojiten)

字典 (canonical)
字典 (canonical)
jiten (romanization)
mojiten (romanization)

dictionary of kanji; Han character dictionary


ホラー

ホラー • (horā)

ホラー映画

2002 January 17, Yukiru Sugisaki, “STAGE(ステージ)３(さん) Vol.(ボリューム)５(ご)”, in [D](ディー)・[N](エヌ)・[ANGEL](エンジェル)・ [D.N.Angel], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, →ISBN, page 10:

A movie!? They went to the Movie Area instead of the Attraction Area!? Oh no!! Is there a screening of that popular horror movie called One Hand now!?

映画ですってぇ⁉アトラクションエリアじゃなくてムービーエリアに行っちゃったの⁉大変‼もしかして 今 大人気の「片手」とかゆうホラームービー⁉

Eiga desuttē⁉ Atorakushon Eria ja nakute Mūbī Eria ni itchatta no⁉ Taihen‼ Moshikashite ima daininki no “Wan Hando” toka yū horā mūbī⁉

horror (as a genre or element of fiction)

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:ホラー


辞書

From Middle Chinese compound 辤書／辤书 (zi syo, literally “quit + writing”).

a formal document of abdication when one emperor steps down and a new emperor ascends the throne


ウィクショナリー

[β̞ikɯ̟̊ɕo̞na̠ɾʲiː]


新約聖書

ja-pos

新(しん)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) • (Shin'yaku Seisho)

新約聖書 (canonical)
Shin'yaku Seisho (romanization)

[ɕĩɰ̃ja̠kɯ̟̊se̞ːɕo̞]

新 (shin-, “neo-; new”) + 約 (yaku, “contract”) + 聖書 (Seisho, “Bible”)


聖書

→ Yami: seysio


ハム

Daijisen
ja:ハム (曖昧さ回避)
ja:ハム (聖書)
ja:松村明


新聞

lang

言(げん)泉(せん) : 日(にっ)本(ぽん)大(だい)辞(じ)典(てん). 第(だい)3(さん)巻(かん)

lj

􂀿言􂁀(げん)􂀿泉􂁀(せん) : 􂀿日􂁀(にっ)􂀿本􂁀(ぽん)􂀿大􂁀(だい)􂀿辞􂁀(じ)􂀿典􂁀(てん). 􂀿第􂁀(だい)􂀿3􂁀(さん)􂀿巻􂁀(かん)


U

(typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 11 mils, ¹¹⁄₁₀₀₀ in, ¹⁄₈ 倍 (bai) and ¹⁄₁₂₈ 段 (dan)


百科事典

ja-noun

百(ひゃっ)科(か)事(じ)典(てん) • (hyakka jiten) ^(←ひやくくわじてん (fyakukwaziten)?)

百科事典 (canonical)
hyakka jiten (romanization)
fyakukwaziten (romanization)
ひやくくわじてん (hiragana historical)

[ça̠k̚ka̠ d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

百科 (hyakka, “all categories”) + 事典 (jiten, “subject-book”)


事典

ja-noun

事(じ)典(てん) or 事(こと)典(てん) • (jiten or kototen)

事典 (canonical)
事典 (canonical)
jiten (romanization)
kototen (romanization)

(literally) subject-book, such as a terminology dictionary, flower book, animal book and encyclopedia, etc.

百科事典

百科事典 ひゃっかじてん


漫画

漫(まん)画(が) or 漫画(マンガ) • (manga) ^(←まんぐわ (mangwa)?)

漫画 (canonical)
漫画 (canonical)
mangwa (romanization)
まんぐわ (hiragana historical)

→ Cantonese: 漫畫／漫画 (maan⁶ waa⁶⁻²)

→ Danish: manga

desctree

→ English: manga
→ Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā), माँगा (māṅgā), मैंगा (maiṅgā)

→ French: manga

→ German: Manga

→ Hakka: 漫畫／漫画 (man-fa, mang-ká)

desc

→ Hokkien: 漫畫／漫画 (bān-ōa, bān-ūi, bān-ōe, bàng-gà)

→ Khmer: ម៉ានហ្គា (maangaa)

→ Indonesian: manga

desctree

→ Korean: 만화 (manhwa)
→ English: manhwa
→ French: manhwa
→ Russian: ма́нхва (mánxva)
→ Ukrainian: ма́нхва (mánxva)

→ Macedonian: манга (manga)

→ Mandarin: 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà)

→ English: manhua

→ French: manhua

→ Russian: маньхуа́ (manʹxuá)

desc

→ Ukrainian: маньхуа́ (manʹxuá), ма́ньхва (mánʹxva)

→ Mongolian: манга (manga)

→ Portuguese: mangá, manga (Portugal)

desctree

→ Russian: ма́нга (mánga)
→ Bashkir: манга (manga)
→ Tatar: манга (manga)

→ Thai: มังงะ (mang-ngá)

→ Ukrainian: ма́нґа (mánga)

→ Vietnamese: mạn họa

→ Wu: 漫畫／漫画 (⁶me-gho)

National Diet Library
Santō Kyōden
ja:国立国会図書館
ja:山東京伝
ja:鶴屋喜右衛門

/manɡwa/ → /manɡa/
Coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 漫 (man, “as one pleases”) + 画 (ga, “picture”). First appears in 1798 in the foreword to Santō Kyōden's picture book 四時交加 (Shīshi Kōga) already using the modern simplified kanji spelling of 漫画.


左側

左側 (canonical)
hidarigawa (romanization)

[çida̠ɾʲiɡa̠β̞a̠]

(fandom slang) top (referring to the order of names in pairings)


作者

→ Chinese: 作者 (zuòzhě)

→ Korean: 작자 (jakja)

→ Vietnamese: tác giả

[sa̠kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうしち)話(わ) 直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:

……作者思いだね

……作者思いだね

……作者思いだね

……作者思いだね

……作者思いだね

……作者思いだね

the creator of a work, such as an author, writer, poet, or artist


孟子

孟子 (canonical)
Mōshi (romanization)
Mausi (romanization)
まうし (hiragana historical)

Four Books
w:Four Books and Five Classics


大和言葉

大和言葉 (canonical)
Yamato-kotoba (romanization)

Originally a compound of 大和(やまと) (Yamato, “Japan”) + 言(こと)葉(ば) (kotoba, “word, language”).

ja-compound

Japanese songs or poetry (such as tanka)


主人公

[shújíńꜜkòò]

From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).

この物語の主人公は蛙である。

Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.

The main character in this story is a frog.


辞典

ja-noun

辞(じ)典(てん) or 辞(ことば)典(てん) • (jiten or kotobaten)

辞典 (canonical)
辞典 (canonical)
jiten (romanization)
kotobaten (romanization)

Amis: citing

Kavalan: ziting

Sakizaya: zitin

Tsou: ziten

文法辞典

文法辞典 ぶんぽうじてん


創世記

ja-pos

創(そう)世(せい)記(き) • (Sōseiki) ^(←さうせいき (Sauseiki)?)

創世記 (canonical)
Sōseiki (romanization)
Sauseiki (romanization)
さうせいき (hiragana historical)

From 創世 (sōsei, “world creation”) + 記 (-ki, “chronicle”).

suf

Holonym: モーセ五書


文学

[bɯ̟̃ŋɡa̠kɯ̟]


旧約聖書

ja-pos

旧(きゅう)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) • (Kyūyaku Seisho) ^(←きうやくせいしょ (Kiuyakuseisyo)?)

旧約聖書 (canonical)
Kyūyaku Seisho (romanization)
Kiuyakuseisyo (romanization)
きうやくせいしょ (hiragana historical)

旧 (kyū-, “paleo-; old”) + 約 (yaku, “contract”) + 聖書 (Seisho, “Bible”)


福音書

福音書 (canonical)
fukuinsho (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟ĩɰ̃ɕo̞]

From 福音 (fukuin, “good news”) + 書 (-sho, “book”).


漫画家

ja-noun

漫(まん)画(が)家(か) or 漫画家(マンガか) • (mangaka) ^(←まんぐわか (mangwaka)?)

漫画家 (canonical)
漫画家 (canonical)
mangaka (romanization)
mangwaka (romanization)
まんぐわか (hiragana historical)

→ English: mangaka

→ French: mangaka

desctree

→ Korean: 만화가(漫畫家) (manhwaga)
→ English: manhwaga

→ Mandarin: 漫畫家／漫画家 (mànhuàjiā)

→ English: manhuajia

→ Russian: манга́ка (mangáka)

[mã̠ŋɡa̠ka̠]

2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi, “メモリーオフ 前編 [Memory Off: First Chapter]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 112:

White… All over the place, endless white… So this is the otherworld. A true paradise for comics artists. So quiet… I can't hear a thing.

白い……どこもかしこも、まっ白だ……これがあの世なのか。漫画家にとっては本当の天国だな。静かだ……何も聞こえない。

Shiroi…… Doko mo kashiko mo, masshiro da…… Kore ga ano yo na no ka. Mangaka ni totte wa hontō no tengoku da na. Shizuka da…… Nani mo kikoenai.


幽霊

幽霊 (canonical)
yūrei (romanization)
iurei (romanization)
いうれい (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 幽靈／幽灵 (ʔjiw leng, literally “dark + supernatural”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yōulíng, Min Nan iu-lêng.

死霊, 死霊

a spirit of the dead, a ghost, a departed soul

幽霊会社: a phantom company: a paper company

phantom stock: company stock that has not actually been traded

幽霊人口 ゆうれいじんこう

幽霊人口: phantom population: population figures that are artificially inflated from fraudulent paperwork

幽霊文字

ghost characters, Chinese characters of unknown origin or meaning

幽霊屋敷

幽霊屋敷 ゆうれいやしき


イスラエル

[isɨɾa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

(biblical) Israel (A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)

(historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)

ミカエル（Ｍｉｃｈａｅｌ）
ユダヤ教(きょう)・キリスト教(きょう)・イスラム教(きょう)の天(てん)使(し)の名(な)。旧(きゅう)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ)ではイスラエルの守(しゅ)護(ご)天(てん)使(し)とされ、新(しん)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ)ではサタンとの闘(たたか)いを指(し)揮(き)する
その役(やく)割(わり)から武(ぶ)装(そう)した青(せい)年(ねん)の姿(すがた)をとって描(ねが)かれることが多(おお)い

1996 June 15 [1995 October 10], Narita, Minako, “ＳＣＥＮＥ.１ ミカエルという名(な)の生(い)き物(もの) [SCENE.1 A Living Namesake of Archangel Michael]”, in ＮＡＴＵＲＡＬ(ナチュラル), 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 100:

Michael
The name of an angel in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is regarded as the Guardian Angel of Israel as per the Old Testament, and he is said to have commanded the forces against Satan as per the New Testament
As such, he is commonly depicted as an armed young man

Mikaeru (Michael)
Yudaya-kyō, Kirisuto-kyō, Isuramu-kyō no tenshi no na. Kyūyaku Seisho de wa Isuraeru no Shugo Tenshi to sare, Shin’yaku Seisho de wa Satan to no tatakai o shikisuru
Sono yakuwari kara busōshita seinen no sugata o totte negakareru koto ga ōi


雑誌

雑誌 (canonical)
zasshi (romanization)
冊 (counter)

→ Chinese: 雜誌／杂志 (zázhì)

→ Korean: 잡지 (japji)

→ Vietnamese: tạp chí

雑 (zatsu, “miscellaneous”) + 誌 (shi, “record”)

af

医学雑誌

SF 雑誌

科学雑誌

学術雑誌

同人雑誌

婦人雑誌

1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “山(やま)寺(でら)グラフィティ [Mountain Temple Graffiti]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 119:

I managed to get cutting and illustrating jobs for magazines and things like that.

カットやさし絵が、雑誌などにのるようになった。

Katto ya sashie ga, zasshi nado ni noru yō ni natta.


俳句

haiku, a poem that usually consists of 5-7-5 morae


号外

ja-noun

号(ごう)外(がい) • (gōgai) ^(←がうぐわい (gaugwai)?)

号外 (canonical)
gōgai (romanization)
gaugwai (romanization)
がうぐわい (hiragana historical)

1927, Kunio Kishida, Tsui ni, “Shiran” bunroku (Sanba):

「号外」「号外」と呼ぶ声。


箴言

From Middle Chinese compound 箴言 (tsyim + ngjon, literally “admonish + speech”).


月刊

monthly publication (such as a magazine)


嫌い

/kiraɸi/ → /kirawi/ → /kirai/
The 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 嫌う (kirau, “to detest, dislike, hate”).

(poetry) in 俳諧 (haikai) and 連歌 (renga), arrangement of verses that tend to be avoided or otherwise disliked


出エジプト記

ja-pos

^しゅつ-^エジプト-き

出エジプト記 (canonical)
Shutsu-Ejiputo-ki (romanization)

出 (shutsu, “ex-; out-”) + エジプト (Ejiputo, “Egypt”) + 記 (ki, “-graphy; record”)

af

Holonym: モーセ五書

Exodus (book of Torah and Old Testament)


民数記

Holonym: モーセ五書


川柳

ja-noun

川(せん)柳(りゅう) • (senryū) ^(←せんりう (senriu)?)

川柳 (canonical)
senryū (romanization)
senriu (romanization)
せんりう (hiragana historical)

/senriu/ → /senriʲuː/ → /senrjuː/
Named after Karai Senryū (1718-1790), its creator.


川柳

川(かわ)柳(やなぎ) or 川柳(カワヤナギ) • (kawayanagi) ^(←かはやなぎ (kafayanagi) or カハヤナギ (kafayanagi)?)

川柳 (canonical)
川柳 (canonical)
kawayanagi (romanization)
kafayanagi (romanization)
かはやなぎ (hiragana historical)
カハヤナギ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 川(かわ) (kawa, “river, stream, brook”) + 柳(やなぎ) (yanagi, “willow”).


小説家

ja-noun

小(しょう)説(せつ)家(か) • (shōsetsuka) ^(←せうせつか (seusetuka)?)

小説家 (canonical)
shōsetsuka (romanization)
seusetuka (romanization)
せうせつか (hiragana historical)

From 小説(しょうせつ) (shōsetsu, “novel, story, fiction”) + 家(か) (ka, “professional”).


詩歌

/ɕika/ → /ɕiːka/
Shift from older shika below.
Now the 慣用読み (kan'yōyomi, “common reading”) form, possibly to avoid confusion with homophones.


禁断の木の実

ja-noun

禁(きん)断(だん)の木(こ)の実(み) • (kindan no konomi)

禁断の木の実 (canonical)
kindan no konomi (romanization)

From 禁断 (kindan, “forbidden”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 木の実 (konomi, “fruit”).

af

禁断の果実 禁断の果実#Japanese

(biblical) Synonym of 禁断の果実 (kindan no kajitsu, “forbidden fruit”)


万葉集

ja-pos

万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) • (Man'yōshū) ^(←まんえふしふ (Man'efusifu)?)

万葉集 (canonical)
Man'yōshū (romanization)
Man'efusifu (romanization)
まんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 万葉 (man'yō, “ten thousand/myriad leaves”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE


万葉集

ja-pos

万(まん)葉(にょう)集(しゅう) • (Mannyōshū) ^(←まんえふしふ (Man'efusifu)?)

万葉集 (canonical)
Mannyōshū (romanization)
Man'efusifu (romanization)
まんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 万葉 (mannyō, “ten thousand/myriad leaves”, with renjō) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

(rare) Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE


仏文学

仏文学 (canonical)
futsubungaku (romanization)

From 仏 (futsu, “French”) + 文学 (bungaku, “literature”).


ディズニーランド

[dʲizɨɲ̟iːɾã̠ndo̞]


ダニエル

[da̠ɲ̟ie̞ɾɯ̟]


教科書

ja-noun

教(きょう)科(か)書(しょ) • (kyōkasho) ^(←けうくわしよ (keukwasyo)?)

教科書 (canonical)
kyōkasho (romanization)
keukwasyo (romanization)
けうくわしよ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 教科書／教科书 (jiàokēshū)

→ Korean: 교과서(敎科書) (gyogwaseo)


風土記

/ɸuːdoki/ → /ɸudoki/ → /fudoki/
Shift from earlier fūdoki.

(historical) common name for Nara-period topographical texts compiled by an imperial decree of Empress Genmei


暗黒面

暗黒面 (canonical)
ankokumen (romanization)

[ã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟mẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 暗黒(あんこく) (ankoku, “darkness”) + 面(めん) (men, “side, face”).


コミカライズ

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from comic + -al + -ize; equivalent to English comicalize.

pseudo-loan

the adaptation of a work into a comic book form from another media, such as a light novel or anime.


リーダー

ja-noun

リーダー • (rīdā)

2019, 大英図書館所蔵天草版『平家物語』『伊曽保物語』『金句集』画像:

大英図書館が所蔵する天草版『平家物語』『伊曽保物語』『金句集』は、16世紀の日本を訪れたキリスト教宣教師の日本語学習向けに編集された読本（リーダー）です。

Daiei Toshokan ga shozō suru Amakusaban “Heike Monogatari”“Isoho Monogatari”“Kinkushū” wa, jūroku-seiki no Nihon o otozureta Kirisutokyō senkyōshi no Nihongo gakushū muke ni henshū sareta dokuhon (rīdā) desu.

The British Library’s Amakusa edition of ‘Feiqe no monogatari’ [Heike monogatari], ‘Esopo no fabulas’ [Isoho monogatari] and ‘Qincuxu’ [Kinkushū] is a reader compiled to help Christian missionaries, who came to Japan in the 16th century, learn Japanese.


アメコミ

アメリカンコミック アメリカンコミック#Japanese

Clipping of アメリカンコミック (Amerikan komikku): American comic(s)


つんどく

積ん読: (informal) the act of leaving a book unread after buying it


つんどく

ja-verb

つんどく • (tsundoku) transitive godan (stem つんどき (tsundoki), past つんどいた (tsundoita))

tsundoku (romanization)
つんどき (stem)
つんどいた (past)


短歌

tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.


週刊

ja-noun

週(しゅう)刊(かん) • (shūkan) ^(←しうかん (siukan)?)

週刊 (canonical)
shūkan (romanization)
siukan (romanization)
しうかん (hiragana historical)

weekly (publication that is published once a week)


記紀

Abbreviation of 古事記 (Kojiki, “Records of Ancient Matters”) and 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Chronicles of Japan”).

abbrev

記紀歌謡

記紀神話

the Records of Ancient Matters and the Chronicles of Japan (the two oldest book of Japanese history)


雅歌

From Middle Chinese compound 雅歌 (ngæ^X + ka, literally “elegant + song”).


GL

[d͡ʑiːe̞ɾɯ̟]

ガールズラブ ガールズラブ#Japanese

Initialism of ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu, “girls' love”).

NL

heterosexual love; normal love; nonke love


BL

ボーイズラブ ボーイズラブ#Japanese

Initialism of ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu, “boys' love”).


益荒男振り

ja-noun

益(ます)荒(ら)男(お)振(ぶ)り • (masuraoburi) ^(←ますらをぶり (masurawoburi)?)

益荒男振り (canonical)
masuraoburi (romanization)
masurawoburi (romanization)
ますらをぶり (hiragana historical)

[ma̠sɨɾa̠o̞bɯ̟ɾʲi]

Coined by Kamo no Mabuchi.
Compound of 益荒男 (masurao, “strong, brave man”) + 振り (-buri, “style”).

suffix

(poetry) a masculine poetic style exhibited in the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū)


愛蔵版

ja-noun

愛(あい)蔵(ぞう)版(ばん) • (aizōban) ^(←あいざうばん (aizauban)?)

愛蔵版 (canonical)
aizōban (romanization)
aizauban (romanization)
あいざうばん (hiragana historical)

Compound of 愛蔵 (aizō, “to treasure or cherish something”, literally “to love something and keep it safe”) + 版 (han, “version, edition”). The han changes to ban as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


文豪

文豪 (canonical)
bungō (romanization)
bungau (romanization)
ぶんがう (hiragana historical)

eminent writer or author; literary giant


著者

その本は同じ著者による。

That book is written by the same author.


音節

[õ̞ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨ]

音 (“sound”) + 節 (“segment”) Not related to English onset despite similarity.

(loosely, phonology, poetry) Synonym of モーラ (mōra, “a mora”)


ドナルドダック

Donald Duck (one of the Disney characters)


休刊

休刊する (canonical)
kyūkan suru (romanization)
休刊し (stem)
休刊した (past)
休刊し
きゅうかんし
kyūkan shi
休刊する
きゅうかんする
kyūkan suru
休刊すれ
きゅうかんすれ
kyūkan sure
休刊せよ (imperative literary)
休刊しろ (colloquial imperative)
きゅうかんせよ (imperative literary)
きゅうかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
kyūkan seyo (imperative literary)
kyūkan shiro (colloquial imperative)
休刊される (passive)
きゅうかんされる (passive)
kyūkan sareru (passive)
休刊させる (causative)
休刊さす (causative)
きゅうかんさせる (causative)
きゅうかんさす (causative)
kyūkan saseru (causative)
kyūkan sasu (causative)
休刊できる (potential)
きゅうかんできる (potential)
kyūkan dekiru (potential)
休刊しよう (volitional)
きゅうかんしよう (volitional)
kyūkan shiyō (volitional)
休刊しない (negative)
きゅうかんしない (negative)
kyūkan shinai (negative)
休刊せず (continuative negative)
きゅうかんせず (continuative negative)
kyūkan sezu (continuative negative)
休刊します (formal)
きゅうかんします (formal)
kyūkan shimasu (formal)
休刊した (perfective)
きゅうかんした (perfective)
kyūkan shita (perfective)
休刊して (conjunctive)
きゅうかんして (conjunctive)
kyūkan shite (conjunctive)
休刊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
きゅうかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kyūkan sureba (conditional hypothetical)


俳諧

→ English: haikai

→ Mandarin: 俳諧／俳谐 (páixié)

(poetry) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)


本草綱目

ja-pos

本(ほん)草(ぞう)綱(こう)目(もく) • (Honzō Kōmoku) ^(←ほんざうかうもく (Fonzaukaumoku)?)

本草綱目 (canonical)
Honzō Kōmoku (romanization)
Fonzaukaumoku (romanization)
ほんざうかうもく (hiragana historical)


春秋

[ɕɨ̃ɲ̟d͡ʑɨː]

From Middle Chinese compound 春秋 (MC tsyhwin tshjuw, literally “spring and autumn”). The kan'on, so probably a shift in reading after initial borrowing.


式神

ja-noun

式(しき)神(がみ) or 式(しき)神(じん) • (shikigami or shikijin)

式神 (canonical)
式神 (canonical)
shikigami (romanization)
shikijin (romanization)

Compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami due to rendaku (連濁).
Alternately, compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (jin, “god, spirit”).

compound

A kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of the onmyōdō (陰陽道) religion, very much like a western familiar.


ネズミーランド

Blend of ネズミ (nezumi, “mouse; rat”) + ディズニーランド (Dizunīrando, “Disneyland”)

blend

ディズニーランド ディズニーランド#Japanese

(slang) Synonym of ディズニーランド (Dizunīrando, “Disneyland”)


三上

[sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 三上. Attested from at least the 17th century.

Meronyms: 馬上 (bajō), 枕上 (chinjō), 厠上 (shijō)

(literature) The three most convenient moments for thinking about writing: when riding a horse, when lying in bed, and when in the restroom.


典故

典故 (canonical)
tenko (romanization)
てんこ (hiragana historical)


正義の女神

正義の女神 (canonical)
Seigi no Megami (romanization)

From 正義 (seigi, “justice”) + の (no, attributive marker) + 女神 (megami, “goddess”).


自由の女神

自由の女神 (canonical)
Jiyū no Megami (romanization)

From 自由 (jiyū, “freedom; liberty”) + の (no, attributive marker) + 女神 (megami, “goddess”).


エルフ

1999 March 18, “エルフの剣(けん)士(し) [Elvish Swordsman]”, in Starter(スターター) Box(ボックス), Konami:

An elf who learned swordsmanship. He trifles with his enemies with his swift attacks.

剣術を学んだエルフ。素早い攻撃で敵を翻弄する。

Kenjutsu o mananda erufu. Subayai kōgeki de teki o honrō suru.

1999 March 27, “ホーリー・エルフ [Holy Elf]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

As delicate as she may be, this elf has formidable defense strength and holy power to protect herself with.

かよわいエルフだが、聖なる力で身を守りとても守備が高い。

Kayowai erufu da ga, sei naru chikara de mi o mamori totemo shubi ga takai.

1999 July 22, “エンシェント・エルフ [Ancient Elf]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

An elf who has lived for thousands of years. She attacks with her army of spirits.

何千年も生きているエルフ。精霊をあやつり攻撃をする。

Nansennen mo ikiteiru erufu. Seirei o ayatsuri kōgeki o suru.

1999 August 26, “ヂェミナイ・エルフ [Jemini Elves]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:

Elvish twin sisters who attack simultaneously.

交互に攻撃を仕掛けてくる、エルフの双子姉妹。

Kōgo ni kōgeki o shikaketekuru, erufu no futago shimai.

2008 February 1, “エルフの戦(せん)士(し) [Elvish Warrior]”, in Morningtide(モーニングタイド), Wizards of the Coast:

Elvish warriors are as graceful as a deer leaping a stream and as deadly as the wolf waiting in ambush on the other side. They are the eyes of the forest as well as its unsheathed claws.

エルフの戦士は小川を飛び越える鹿のように優雅であり、それを反対側で待ち受ける狼のように危険だ。彼らは森の眼であり、むき出しの爪なのだ。

Erufu no senshi wa ogawa o tobikoeru shika no yō ni yūga de ari, sore o hantaigawa de machiukeru ōkami no yō ni kiken da. Karera wa mori no me de ari, mukidashi no tsume na no da.


輪廻

輪廻 (canonical)
rinne (romanization)
rin'we (romanization)
りんゑ (hiragana historical)

貧は菩提の種富は輪廻の絆

hin wa bodai no tane tomi wa rinne no kizuna

/rinwe/ → /rinɰe/ → /rinːe/
From Middle Chinese 輪迴 (MC lwin hwoj, literally “wheel + revolve”), itself a translation of Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra, literally “passing, wandering”).
The e reading for 廻 changes to ne as an instance of renjō (連声).

ja-renjo

(poetry) repeating of the same words and/or meanings in one volume of haikai or renga


枕詞

枕詞 (canonical)
makura kotoba (romanization)

→ English: pillow word (calque)

→ English: makurakotoba

Compound of 枕 (makura, “pillow”) + 詞 (kotoba, “word”). The pillow meaning is in reference to the way that makura kotoba in poetry are used as introductions to something else.

compound

711–712, Kojiki, poem 2:
… 爾波都登理 迦祁波那久 … [Man'yōgana]
… 庭つ鳥 鶏は鳴く … [Modern spelling]

Over time, certain makura kotoba may become full metonyms to replace the term they originally only alluded to, such as the Old Japanese phrase 庭つ鳥 (niwa tsu tori) or "garden bird" replacing the older term 鶏 (kake) to mean "chicken", as in the modern Japanese term 鶏 (niwatori). An example of such a makura kotoba

...the garden bird, the chicken clucks...

(poetry) a pillow word, an epithet, specifically a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else, traditionally used in 和歌 (waka, “traditional Japanese poetry”)


むき

無季: not belonging to any particular season; (poetry) not including any seasonal terms or allusions


ガールズラブ

→ English: girls' love, GL

→ Chinese: GL

[ɡa̠ːɾɯ̟zɨɾa̠bɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from girls + love


水辺

1960, Kaneko Kinjirō, “Ryōki renga ron ni okeru ‘te ni wo ha’ no igi [Significance of grammatical particles in ryōki literary theory]”, in Kokubungaku kō, page 337:

Division by meaning. (This can be seen in the division of lyrics into yamarui [mountain words], suihen [water words] of constitution or use, or shiki [four seasons] and so on.)

意味の両。（山類・水辺、体・用、四季などの詞の分類に見られることき。）

Imi no ryō. (Yamarui suihen, karada yō, shiki nado no shi no bunrui ni mirareru koto ki.)

(poetry, haiku, renga) a word or phrase related to water


前号

[d͡zẽ̞ŋɡo̞ː]


悪役

a villain (bad person in a stage or screen play)


ガブリエル

ja:ガブリエル
ja:ガブリエル (曖昧さ回避)

[ɡa̠bɯ̟ɾʲie̞ɾɯ̟]

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam, biblical) Gabriel


へのへのもへじ

From the hiragana characters used to draw it.
The first two he are the eyebrows, the two no are the eyes, the mo is a nose, and the last he is the mouth. The outline of the face is made by the character shi, with the ear formed by the two short strokes of the dakuten (a diacritic indicating a voiced sound, here turning shi into ji).

2004, 古野宣雄 [Nobuo Furuno], 影, →ISBN, page 151:

「家の近くにあった畑の棚にカボチャがなっていて、小さいうちに、へのへのもへじを書いておくと、大きくなった時、大きな傷になっていて、誰が付けたかすぐ解ってしまって、困ったことあったよネ—」

“Ie no chikaku ni atta hatake no tana ni kabocha ga natteite, chīsai uchi ni, henohenomoheji o kaiteoku to, ōkiku natta toki, ōki na kizu ni natteite, dare ga tsuketa ka sugu wakatteshimatte, komatta koto atta yo ne—”

a face drawn using the hiragana characters へ (he), の (no), も (mo), and じ (ji)


へのへのもへ

From the hiragana characters used to draw it.

も、顔の部分だけ皮を削って、「へのへのもへ」のような簡単な顔を描くだけなのですが……。

2008, 久保田裕道, 「日本の神さま」おもしろ小事典: 氏神、道祖神から狛犬、ナマハゲまで, PHP研究所, →ISBN, page 28:

a face drawn using the hiragana characters he (へ), no (の), he (へ), no (の), mo (も), and he (へ)


使徒行伝

使徒行伝 (canonical)
Shitogyōden (romanization)

[ɕito̞ɡʲo̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]


アダム

1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “神(かみ)さまごっこ [God Simulator]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 143:

I’ll call you two Adam and Eve. I’m the one who created you. Feel free to enjoy your lives here in Paradise. One thing, though. You must not eat fruit from this tree. This is the fruit of wisdom. Hey, are you listening to what I'm saying?

きみたちをアダムとイブと名づける ぼくがきみたちをこさえたんだからね この楽園で自由に楽しくくらしなさい ひとつだけ注意しておく この木の実だけは絶対に食べてはいけない これは知恵の木の実といって おいこら聞いてるのか

Kimi-tachi o Adamu to Ibu to nazukeru Boku ga kimi-tachi o kosaeta n da kara ne Kono rakuen de jiyū ni tanoshiku kurashinasai Hitotsu dake chūi shite oku Kono ki no mi dake wa zettai ni tabete wa ikenai Kore wa chie no ki no mi to itte Oi kora kiiteru no ka


アンソロジー

[ã̠ɰ̃so̞ɾo̞ʑiː]

(manga, specifically) official fan work collection


黙示録

黙示録 (canonical)
Mokushiroku (romanization)

[mo̞kɯ̟̊ɕiɾo̞kɯ̟]

黙示(もくし) (mokushi, “apocalypse”) + 録(ろく) (-roku, “record”).
First attested in 1898.


ラファエル

[ɾa̠ɸa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

ja:ラファエル
ja:ラファエル (曖昧さ回避)


コミック

ja-adj

コミック • (komikku) -na (adnominal コミックな (komikku na), adverbial コミックに (komikku ni))

komikku (romanization)
コミックな (adnominal)
コミックに (adverbial)
コミックだろ (imperfective stem)
komikku daro (imperfective stem)
コミックで (continuative stem)
komikku de (continuative stem)
コミックだ (stem terminative)
komikku da (stem terminative)
コミックな (attributive stem)
komikku na (attributive stem)
コミックなら (hypothetical stem)
komikku nara (hypothetical stem)
コミックであれ (imperative stem)
komikku de are (imperative stem)
コミックではない (informal negative)
コミックじゃない (informal negative)
komikku de wa nai (informal negative)
komikku ja nai (informal negative)
コミックだった (informal past)
komikku datta (informal past)
コミックではなかった (informal negative past)
コミックじゃなかった (informal negative past)
komikku de wa nakatta (informal negative past)
komikku ja nakatta (informal negative past)
コミックです (formal)
komikku desu (formal)
コミックではありません (formal negative)
コミックじゃありません (formal negative)
komikku de wa arimasen (formal negative)
komikku ja arimasen (formal negative)
コミックでした (formal past)
komikku deshita (formal past)
コミックではありませんでした (formal negative past)
コミックじゃありませんでした (formal negative past)
komikku de wa arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
komikku ja arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
コミックで (conjunctive)
komikku de (conjunctive)
コミックなら（ば） (conditional)
komikku nara (ba) (conditional)
コミックだったら (conditional past)
komikku dattara (conditional past)
コミックだろう (volitional)
komikku darō (volitional)
コミックに (adverbial)
komikku ni (adverbial)
コミックさ (noun-from-adj)
komikkusa (noun-from-adj)

ja-adj-infl

コミック

. で は ありません でした

. じゃ ありません でした

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kōjien
Shinmura Izuru
ja:松村明


創刊

創刊 (canonical)
sōkan (romanization)
saukan (romanization)
さうかん (hiragana historical)


創刊

創刊する (canonical)
sōkan suru (romanization)
創刊し (stem)
創刊した (past)
創刊し
そうかんし
sōkan shi
創刊する
そうかんする
sōkan suru
創刊すれ
そうかんすれ
sōkan sure
創刊せよ (imperative literary)
創刊しろ (colloquial imperative)
そうかんせよ (imperative literary)
そうかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
sōkan seyo (imperative literary)
sōkan shiro (colloquial imperative)
創刊される (passive)
そうかんされる (passive)
sōkan sareru (passive)
創刊させる (causative)
創刊さす (causative)
そうかんさせる (causative)
そうかんさす (causative)
sōkan saseru (causative)
sōkan sasu (causative)
創刊できる (potential)
そうかんできる (potential)
sōkan dekiru (potential)
創刊しよう (volitional)
そうかんしよう (volitional)
sōkan shiyō (volitional)
創刊しない (negative)
そうかんしない (negative)
sōkan shinai (negative)
創刊せず (continuative negative)
そうかんせず (continuative negative)
sōkan sezu (continuative negative)
創刊します (formal)
そうかんします (formal)
sōkan shimasu (formal)
創刊した (perfective)
そうかんした (perfective)
sōkan shita (perfective)
創刊して (conjunctive)
そうかんして (conjunctive)
sōkan shite (conjunctive)
創刊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
そうかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
sōkan sureba (conditional hypothetical)

start a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical


トマス

使徒トマス


マリア

Hikaru Nakamura, “その89(はちじゅうきゅう) ママ友(とも)会(かい)in(イン)立(たち)川(かわ) [Chapter 89: Moms’ club in Tachikawa]”, in 聖(セイント)☆おにいさん [Saint☆Young Men], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha:

What, Mary? The Dark Lord is my mother!?

待ってマリアさん 暗黒卿ってうちの母さん⁉

Matte Maria-san Ankokukyō tte uchi no kā-san⁉

ja:イエスの母マリア ja:マリア ja:聖母マリア


ネーム

ja-noun

ネーム • (nēmu)

2009 January 10, Tsugumi Ohba with Obata, Takeshi, “３(さん)ページ ペンとネーム [Page 3: Pens and Names]”, in BAKUMAN(バクマン)。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:

It’s basically a rough sketch for manga. First you make one and show it to the editor, and only if it’s okayed can you go ahead with the draft. You may have to do it over a couple of times till it gets okayed. Though good manga artists can just pass with the storyboard alone.

マンガの下描きみたいなもん まずこれを描いて編集者に見せてＯＫが出たら初めて原稿にできる ＯＫが出るまでは何度でも描き直し もっともネームで見せていいのはマンガ家としての才能を認められた奴な

Manga no shitagaki mitai na mon Mazu kore o kaite henshūsha ni misete ōkē ga detara hajimete genkō ni dekiru ōkē ga deru made wa nando demo kakinaoshi Motto mo nēmu de misete ii no wa mangaka toshite no sainō o mitomerareta yatsu na

(manga) a manga storyboard, focusing on the words in the speech or thought bubbles to help determine the drawing and frame layout


続編

[d͡zo̞kɯ̟̊hẽ̞ɴ]


五経

五経 (canonical)
Gokyō (romanization)
Gokyau (romanization)
ごきやう (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese, in turn from Literary Chinese 五經 (MC nguX keng, literally “five + Chinese classics”).
First cited in Japanese in the Nihon Shoki of 720.


新聞紙

新聞紙 (canonical)
shinbunshi (romanization)

[ɕĩmbɯ̟̃ɰ̃ɕi]

Calque of English newspaper, equivalent to compound of 新(しん)聞(ぶん) (shinbun, “news”) + 紙(し) (shi, “paper”).

com-ja

新聞紙条例


ディズニー

ja-pos

ディズニー • (Dizunī)

A transliteration of the English surname Disney


ヒーロー

ja-noun

ヒーロー • (hīrō)


絵本

絵本 (canonical)
ehon (romanization)
wefon (romanization)
ゑほん (hiragana historical)


増刊

増刊する (canonical)
zōkan suru (romanization)
増刊し (stem)
増刊した (past)
増刊し
ぞうかんし
zōkan shi
増刊する
ぞうかんする
zōkan suru
増刊すれ
ぞうかんすれ
zōkan sure
増刊せよ (imperative literary)
増刊しろ (colloquial imperative)
ぞうかんせよ (imperative literary)
ぞうかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
zōkan seyo (imperative literary)
zōkan shiro (colloquial imperative)
増刊される (passive)
ぞうかんされる (passive)
zōkan sareru (passive)
増刊させる (causative)
増刊さす (causative)
ぞうかんさせる (causative)
ぞうかんさす (causative)
zōkan saseru (causative)
zōkan sasu (causative)
増刊できる (potential)
ぞうかんできる (potential)
zōkan dekiru (potential)
増刊しよう (volitional)
ぞうかんしよう (volitional)
zōkan shiyō (volitional)
増刊しない (negative)
ぞうかんしない (negative)
zōkan shinai (negative)
増刊せず (continuative negative)
ぞうかんせず (continuative negative)
zōkan sezu (continuative negative)
増刊します (formal)
ぞうかんします (formal)
zōkan shimasu (formal)
増刊した (perfective)
ぞうかんした (perfective)
zōkan shita (perfective)
増刊して (conjunctive)
ぞうかんして (conjunctive)
zōkan shite (conjunctive)
増刊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ぞうかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
zōkan sureba (conditional hypothetical)


都都逸

Clipping of 都都逸節 (dodoitsu-bushi, “a specific form of poetry popular in the early 1800s, during the late Edo period”).

clipping

(poetry) dodoitsu: a specific form of Japanese poem without rhyme, having lines of 7-7-7-5 morae


西遊記

ja-pos

西(さい)遊(ゆう)記(き) • (Saiyūki) ^(←さいいうき (Saiiuki)?)

西遊記 (canonical)
Saiyūki (romanization)
Saiiuki (romanization)
さいいうき (hiragana historical)


ハッピーエンド

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from happy + end, calque of English happy ending


バベルの塔

バベルの塔 (canonical)
Baberu no Tō (romanization)

バベル (Baberu, “Babel”) + の (no, possessive marker) + 塔 (tō, “tower”)


ワルキューレ

[β̞a̠ɾɯ̟kʲɨːɾe̞]


叙事詩

From 叙事 (joji, “narration”) + 詩 (shi, “poetry; poem”).


発刊

発刊する (canonical)
hakkan suru (romanization)
発刊し (stem)
発刊した (past)
発刊し
はっかんし
hakkan shi
発刊する
はっかんする
hakkan suru
発刊すれ
はっかんすれ
hakkan sure
発刊せよ (imperative literary)
発刊しろ (colloquial imperative)
はっかんせよ (imperative literary)
はっかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
hakkan seyo (imperative literary)
hakkan shiro (colloquial imperative)
発刊される (passive)
はっかんされる (passive)
hakkan sareru (passive)
発刊させる (causative)
発刊さす (causative)
はっかんさせる (causative)
はっかんさす (causative)
hakkan saseru (causative)
hakkan sasu (causative)
発刊できる (potential)
はっかんできる (potential)
hakkan dekiru (potential)
発刊しよう (volitional)
はっかんしよう (volitional)
hakkan shiyō (volitional)
発刊しない (negative)
はっかんしない (negative)
hakkan shinai (negative)
発刊せず (continuative negative)
はっかんせず (continuative negative)
hakkan sezu (continuative negative)
発刊します (formal)
はっかんします (formal)
hakkan shimasu (formal)
発刊した (perfective)
はっかんした (perfective)
hakkan shita (perfective)
発刊して (conjunctive)
はっかんして (conjunctive)
hakkan shite (conjunctive)
発刊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
はっかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
hakkan sureba (conditional hypothetical)

一九四五年以後言論の自由と出版の自由とのために全国に日刊紙が続々と発刊されはじめた。

1949, 宮本百合子, 今日の日本の文化問題

Due to freedom of speech and freedom of the press after 1945, more and more daily newspapers were published all across the country.

1945 Nen igo genron no jiyū to shuppan no jiyū to no tame ni zenkoku ni nikkanshi ga zokuzoku to hakkō sarehajimeta.


聖母

From 聖 (sei-, “holy”) + 母 (bo, “mother”).

聖母マリア


切韻

ja-pos

切(せつ)韻(いん) • (Setsuin) ^(←せつゐん (Setuwin)?)

切韻 (canonical)
Setsuin (romanization)
Setuwin (romanization)
せつゐん (hiragana historical)


抒情

ja-noun

抒(じょ)情(じょう) • (jojō) ^(←じよじやう (zyozyau)?)

抒情 (canonical)
jojō (romanization)
zyozyau (romanization)
じよじやう (hiragana historical)


孫子

From 孫 (mago, “grandchild”) + 子 (ko, “child”).

af

Synonym of 子孫 (shison, “grandchildren and children; descendants”)


韻事

韻事 (canonical)
inji (romanization)
winzi (romanization)
ゐんじ (hiragana historical)

poetic occasion, elegant situation, the cue for a poem


コーラン

ja-noun

コーラン • (kōran)


バイブル

[ba̠ibɯ̟ɾɯ̟]


オリジナルキャラクター

オリジナル キャラクター

original character (a fan-created character in a fanwork)


悪漢小説

悪(あっ)漢(かん)小(しょう)説(せつ) • (akkan shōsetsu) ^(←あくかんせうせつ (akukan seusetu)?)

悪漢小説 (canonical)
akkan shōsetsu (romanization)
akukan seusetu (romanization)
あくかんせうせつ (hiragana historical)

[a̠k̚ka̠ɰ̃ ɕo̞ːse̞t͡sɨ]

Compound of 悪(あっ)漢(かん) (akkan, “villain, scoundrel”) + 小(しょう)説(せつ) (shōsetsu, “novel”).


唐歌

Compound of 唐 (kara, “China”) + 歌 (uta, “poetry”).


疾風怒濤

ja-noun

疾(しっ)風(ぷう)怒(ど)濤(とう) • (shippū dotō) ^(←しつぷうどたう (situpuudotau)?)

疾風怒濤 (canonical)
shippū dotō (romanization)
situpuudotau (romanization)
しつぷうどたう (hiragana historical)

[ɕi̥p̚pɯ̟ː do̞to̞ː]

Calque of German Sturm und Drang, equivalent to 疾風 (shippū, “gale”) + 怒濤 (dotō, “surging waves”)

af

シュトゥルム・ウント・ドラング シュトゥルム・ウント・ドラング#Japanese

(literature, music) Synonym of シュトゥルム・ウント・ドラング (Shuturumu unto Dorangu, “Sturm und Drang”)


名著

ja-noun

名(めい)著(ちょ) • (meicho) ^(←めいちよ (meityo)?)

名著 (canonical)
meicho (romanization)
meityo (romanization)
めいちよ (hiragana historical)


字彙

字彙 (canonical)
Jii (romanization)
Ziwi (romanization)
じゐ (hiragana historical)


昔昔

昔昔 (canonical)
mukashi mukashi (romanization)

Reduplication of 昔(むかし) (mukashi, “the past, old times”).

昔昔、遠いところに…


ゆめおち

ゆめおち (canonical)
ゆめオチ (canonical)
yumeochi (romanization)

(fiction) Revealing that the a story was all part of a dream; the "it was all a dream" ending.


文選

[bɯ̟̃ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

文 (“literature; text”) + 選 (“selection; picking”)


辞彙

辞彙 (canonical)
jii (romanization)
ziwi (romanization)
じゐ (hiragana historical)


琉歌

琉歌 (canonical)
ryūka (romanization)
riuka (romanization)
りうか (hiragana historical)


長編小説

ja-noun

長(ちょう)編(へん)小(しょう)説(せつ) • (chōhen shōsetsu) ^(←ちやうへんせうせつ (tyaufenseusetu)?)

長編小説 (canonical)
chōhen shōsetsu (romanization)
tyaufenseusetu (romanization)
ちやうへんせうせつ (hiragana historical)

[t͡ɕo̞ːhe̞ɰ̃ ɕo̞ːse̞t͡sɨ]


吹き出し

吹き出し (canonical)
fukidashi (romanization)


4コマ漫画

4(よん)コマ漫(まん)画(が) or 4(よん)コマ漫画(まんが) or 4(よん)コマ漫画(マンガ) • (yon-koma manga or yonkomamanga) ^(←よんこままんぐわ (yonkomamangwa)?)

4コマ漫画 (canonical)
4コマ漫画 (canonical)
4コマ漫画 (canonical)
yon-koma manga (romanization)
yonkomamanga (romanization)
yonkomamangwa (romanization)
よんこままんぐわ (hiragana historical)

[jõ̞ŋko̞ma̠ mã̠ŋɡa̠]

Compound of 四 (yon, “four”) + 齣 (koma, “frame”) + 漫画 (manga, “comic”).


レア

ja:レア
ja:レア (旧約聖書)


ライトノベル

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 輕小說／轻小说 (qīngxiǎoshuō) (calque)

→ English: light novel (calque)

→ Korean: 라이트 노벨 (raiteu nobel)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from light + novel


ダビデ

2001 March 10 [1998 December 16], Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟(ふくろう) [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ(キュー).Ｅ(イー).Ｄ(ディー). 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], 9th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:

For example, the king of spades is King David of Israel

例えばスペードのＫはイスラエルのダビデ王

Tatoeba supēdo no kingu wa Isuraeru no Dabide Ō


智天使

智天使 (canonical)
chitenshi (romanization)


熾天使

熾天使 (canonical)
shitenshi (romanization)


夕刊

ja-noun

夕(ゆう)刊(かん) • (yūkan) ^(←ゆふかん (yufukan)?) (counter 部)

夕刊 (canonical)
yūkan (romanization)
yufukan (romanization)
部 (counter)
ゆふかん (hiragana historical)

evening paper (newspaper that arrives in the evening)


申命記

申命記 (canonical)
Shinmeiki (romanization)

[ɕĩmːe̞ːkʲi]

Holonym: モーセ五書


士師

士師記


伝道の書

ja-pos

伝(でん)道(どう)の書(しょ) • (Dendō no Sho) ^(←でんだうのしよ (Dendaunosyo)?)

伝道の書 (canonical)
Dendō no Sho (romanization)
Dendaunosyo (romanization)
でんだうのしよ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 伝道 (dendō, “preaching”) + の (no, “possessive particle”) + 書 (sho, “writing”).


前編

[d͡zẽ̞mpẽ̞ɴ]


大辞林

[da̠iʑiɾʲĩɴ]

Daijirin (a comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary first published in 1988)


モーセ

ja-pos

モーセ • (Mōse)

(biblical) Moses (the biblical patriarch)


ベルゼブブ

[be̞ɾɯ̟ze̞bɯ̟bɯ̟]


唐詩

唐詩 (canonical)
tōshi (romanization)
tausi (romanization)
たうし (hiragana historical)


マルコ

マルコによる福音書


ルカ

ルカによる福音書


マタイ

Doublet of マティア (Matia, “Matthias”). Compare Mandarin 馬太／马太 (Mǎtài).

zh-l

馬太／马太 (Mǎtài)

マタイによる福音書


ヨハネの黙示録

ja-pos

^ヨハネ の ^もくしろく

ヨハネの黙(もく)示(し)録(ろく) • (Yohane no Mokushiroku)

ヨハネの黙示録 (canonical)
Yohane no Mokushiroku (romanization)

ヨハネ (Yohane, “John”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 黙示録 (Mokushiroku, “Apocalypse”)


ヨハネ

洗礼者ヨハネ

使徒ヨハネ

ヨハネによる福音書


ソロモン

[so̞ɾo̞mõ̞ɴ]


デウス・エクス・マキナ

Learned borrowing from Latin deus ex māchinā

lbor

ja:デウス・エクス・マキナ


ヨシュア

ヨシュア記

ja:ヨシュア (曖昧さ回避)


ヤコブ

1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 184:

Jacob took God’s word and set out in search of the “Promised Land”, of themselves, of fertile soil…

ヤコブは神の言葉を受け「約束の地」を探して旅立った 自分達を 繁栄させる土地を‥‥

Yakobu wa Kami no kotoba o uke “Yakusoku no Chi” o sagashite tabidatta jibuntachi o han'ei saseru tochi o‥‥

主の兄弟ヤコブ

ゼベダイの子ヤコブ


ソロモンの知恵

ソロモンの知恵 (canonical)
Soromon no Chie (romanization)

Compound of ソロモン (Soromon, “Solomon”) + の (no, “possessive particle”) + 知恵 (chie, “wisdom”).


知恵の書

知恵の書 (canonical)
Chie no Sho (romanization)

Compound of 知恵 (chie, “wisdom”) + の (no, “possessive particle”) + 書 (sho, “book”).


右側

[mʲiɡʲiɡa̠β̞a̠]

(fandom slang) bottom (referring to the order of names in pairings)


韻律

[ĩn̺ɾʲit͡sɨ]


ライトセーバー

ja-noun

ライトセーバー • (raitosēbā)


題詞

From Middle Chinese 題詞 (MC dej zi, “foreword”).

(waka, traditional poetry) a brief preface note on the theme or circumstances of a poem


エホバ

Ehoba (romanization)
Wefoba (romanization)
ヱホバ (historical katakana)

From Biblical Hebrew יְהֹוָה (YHWH), which is often rendered as ヤハウェ (Yahawe) in Japanese texts. This version is influenced by versions of the name in Christian translations such as Portuguese Jeová, English Jehovah.
[jehoβa] → [ehoba]


ホグワーツ

[ho̞ɡɯ̟β̞a̠ːt͡sɨ]

ホグワーツ魔法魔術学校

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

ja:ホグワーツ魔法魔術学校


ユダ

イスカリオテのユダ


バットマン

2015, バットマン アーカム・ナイト [Batman: Arkham Knight], spoken by Batman (Shinshū Fuji), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:

I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!

私は「報復」！私は「夜」！私はバットマン！

Watashi wa “hōfuku”! Watashi wa “yoru”! Watashi wa Battoman!


イエス・キリスト

イエス (Iesu, “Jesus”) + キリスト (Kirisuto, “Christ”)


サムエル

[sa̠mɯ̟e̞ɾɯ̟]


時報

時報 (canonical)
jihō (romanization)
zifou (romanization)
じほう (hiragana historical)

(broadcasting) announcement of the current time

[…] Times (phrase used in newspaper names)


佳句

(literature) beautiful passage of literature


封神演義

封神演義 (canonical)
Hōshin Engi (romanization)

From Chinese 封神演義／封神演义 (Fēngshén Yǎnyì).


ゴッサム

[ɡo̞sːa̠mɯ̟]


スーパーマン

ja-pos

スーパーマン • (Sūpāman)

[sɨːpa̠ːmã̠ɴ]

1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “わが子・スーパーマン [My Son Is Superman]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 473:

Come closer, I have something very important to tell you. This will shock you! So listen very carefully. Our son Tadashi… is Superman!!

重大な問題だ もっとこっちへ いいか驚くな！気をたしかにもって聞いてくれよ ウチのタダシはな……スーパーマンだ‼

Jūdai na mondai da Motto kotchi e Ii ka odoroku na! Ki o tashika ni motte kiite kure yo Uchi no Tadashi wa na…… Sūpāman da‼

1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “第一話 スーパーマン襲名 [Chapter 1: Taking on the Mantle of Superman]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章 中年スーパーマン左江内氏, page 365:

I am Superman. I am here to help you be Superman, too.

あたしやスーパーマンです あんたをスーパーマンにするためつけまわしておるのです

Atashi ya Sūpāman desu Anta o Sūpāman ni suru tame tsukemawashite oru no desu

1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “第二話 中年はもてる…か？ [Chapter 2: Can a Middle-Aged Man Still Be… Attractive?]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章 中年スーパーマン左江内氏, pages 382–383:

One of Superman’s powers is X-ray vision. I can see through at whatever level I want.

スーパーマンの超能力の一つに透視力もあるのだ 必要に応じ何段階にも透視できる

Sūpāman no chōnōryoku no hitotsu ni tōshiryoku mo aru no da Hitsuyō ni ōji nandankai ni mo tōshi dekiru


不思議の国のアリス症候群

ja-noun

^ふしぎ の ^くに の ^アリス しょうこうぐん

不(ふ)思(し)議(ぎ)の国(くに)のアリス症(しょう)候(こう)群(ぐん) • (Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu shōkōgun)

不思議の国のアリス症候群 (canonical)
Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu shōkōgun (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟ɕiɡʲi no̞ kɯ̟ɲ̟i no̞ a̠ɾʲisɨ ɕo̞ːko̞ːɡɯ̟̃ɴ]

不思議の国のアリス (Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu, “Alice in Wonderland”) + 症候群 (shōkōgun, “syndrome”)

com

Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Alice in Wonderland syndrome

ja:不思議の国のアリス症候群


再刊

再刊する (canonical)
saikan suru (romanization)
再刊し (stem)
再刊した (past)
再刊し
さいかんし
saikan shi
再刊する
さいかんする
saikan suru
再刊すれ
さいかんすれ
saikan sure
再刊せよ (imperative literary)
再刊しろ (colloquial imperative)
さいかんせよ (imperative literary)
さいかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
saikan seyo (imperative literary)
saikan shiro (colloquial imperative)
再刊される (passive)
さいかんされる (passive)
saikan sareru (passive)
再刊させる (causative)
再刊さす (causative)
さいかんさせる (causative)
さいかんさす (causative)
saikan saseru (causative)
saikan sasu (causative)
再刊できる (potential)
さいかんできる (potential)
saikan dekiru (potential)
再刊しよう (volitional)
さいかんしよう (volitional)
saikan shiyō (volitional)
再刊しない (negative)
さいかんしない (negative)
saikan shinai (negative)
再刊せず (continuative negative)
さいかんせず (continuative negative)
saikan sezu (continuative negative)
再刊します (formal)
さいかんします (formal)
saikan shimasu (formal)
再刊した (perfective)
さいかんした (perfective)
saikan shita (perfective)
再刊して (conjunctive)
さいかんして (conjunctive)
saikan shite (conjunctive)
再刊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
さいかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
saikan sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(of a newspaper or magazine) to resume publishing


エペソ人への手紙

ja-pos

^エペソびと へ の ^てがみ

エペソ人(びと)への手(て)紙(がみ) • (Epesobito e no Tegami)

エペソ人への手紙 (canonical)
Epesobito e no Tegami (romanization)

エペソ (Epeso, “Ephesus”) + 人 (hito, “human”) + へ (e, “to”) + の (no, “of”) + 手紙 (tegami, “letter”)


訓民正音

訓民正音 (canonical)
Kunmin Seion (romanization)

[kɯ̟̃mʲːiɰ̃ se̞ːõ̞ɴ]

(historical) Hunmin Jeongeum (document introducing the hangul script for Korean in 1446)


ラケル

(biblical) Rachel (younger daughter of Laban)


淮南子

淮南子 (canonical)
Wainanshi (romanization)

(literature) The Huainanzi or Writings of the Masters South of the Huai River.


マグダラのマリア

ja-pos

^マグダラ の ^マリア

マグダラ (Magudara, “Magdala”) + の (no, “'s”) + マリア (Maria, “Mary”), calque of Latin Maria Magdalena.


季語

Kigo, a word associated with a particular season in traditional Japanese poetry.


漢和辞典

漢和辞典 (canonical)
kanwajiten (romanization)

[kã̠ɰ̃β̞a̠ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

From 漢和 (“Chinese–Japanese”) + 辞典 (“dictionary”).

com

Chinese–Japanese character dictionary; dictionary of Chinese characters and character compounds with explanations in Japanese


季刊

a quarterly, a newsletter or magazine that comes out quarterly


リメリック

リムリック リムリック#Japanese

Alternative form of リムリック (Rimurikku, “Limerick”)


リリック

[ɾʲiɾʲik̚kɯ̟]

(poetry) Synonym of 抒情詩 (jojōshi, “lyric poetry; lyric poem”)


へへののもへじ

へのへのもへじ へのへのもへじ#Japanese


敵役

敵役 (canonical)
katakiyaku (romanization)


ボーイズラブ

→ English: boys' love, BL

→ Chinese: BL

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from boys + love


インマヌエル

[ĩmːa̠nɯ̟e̞ɾɯ̟]


ヨエル

ヨエル書


デスク

(mass media, newspapers) a subeditor; a copy editor


沖つ白波

沖つ白波 (canonical)
oki tsu shiranami (romanization)

From Old Japanese: 沖(おき) (oki, “open sea”) + つ (tsu, archaic possessive particle) + 白波(しらなみ) (shiranami, “whitecaps, white-crested waves”).

ja-compound

風吹けば沖つ白波たつた山夜半にや君がひとり越ゆらむ

905, Kokin Wakashū (book 18, poem 994; also Ise Monogatari, episode 23; Yamato Monogatari, episode 149)

as the howling winds keep white waves in the offing in the deep of night[,] is my lord crossing Tatsuta Mountain alone[?]

kaze fukeba oki tsu shiranami Tatsuta-yama yowa ni ya kimi ga hitori koyu ran

(poetry) a 序詞 (jokotoba), associated with the above meaning:

立田山 (Tatsuta-yama, “Mount Tatsuta”), pun on 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”)

淡海々奥白浪雖不知妹所云七日越来

Ōmi-no-umi oki tsu shiranami shirazu tomo imogari to iwaba nanuka koe kon

Even if I don't know (where you live), sounding like the white waves in the offing of the [Ōmi] sea, if you tell me (where) your house (is), (even if it would take me) seven days to cross (the hills), I will come!


ファン・フィクション

[ɸa̠ɰ̃ ɸʲikɯ̟ɕõ̞ɴ]


抒情詩

ja-noun

抒(じょ)情(じょう)詩(し) • (jojōshi) ^(←じよじやうし (zyozyausi)?)

抒情詩 (canonical)
jojōshi (romanization)
zyozyausi (romanization)
じよじやうし (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ʑo̞ːɕi]

From 抒情 (jojō, “lyricism”) + 詩 (shi, “poetry; poem”).


くるわ

kuruwa (romanization)
kurwa (romanization)
くるわ (hiragana historical)

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Edo period
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten

[kɯ̟ɾɯ̟β̞a̠]

Compound of くる (kuru, “going around”, consider adverbs くるくる (kurukuru), くるり (kururi, “spinningly; turningly”), verb 繰る (kuru, “to spin, to wind (a thread); to turn (a page)”)) + わ (wa, “loop? enclosure?”, the same element appearing in other words in kanji as 曲・回 (“sharp bend, loop, or bight, as in a river or coastline”), and as 輪・環 (“a ring, a loop; a hoop (as for a barrel); a circle, a round; a wheel”)), referring to a wall, palisade, moat (often dry), or natural waterway surrounding a castle or other fortification.
First appears in the late 1500s in reference to such a wall or moat. Later used to refer to the area bounded by such a feature, and then used periphrastically to refer to a red-light district, which was usually divided from the rest of a town by such a wall or fence.

郭通い

frequently visiting a red-light district

郭言葉

the argot of the red-light district during the Edo period

郭沙汰

the rumor and stories of the red-light district

郭三界

the area or neighborhood of a red-light district

郭住まい

residing in a red-light district; the lifestyle of a prostitute

郭勤め

working in a red-light district; someone working in a red-light district, more specifically as a prostitute

郭模様

the fashionable patterns of clothing popular in the red-light district

郭様

the manners and customs of the red-light district

(poetry, haiku) in 俳諧 (haikai, “vulgar haiku”), the general realm of subject matter used for the opening line


テモテ

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος (Timótheos). The route of borrowing and the reason for the phonetic transition to Temote is unclear.

テモテへの手紙一

テモテへの手紙二


四大奇書

四大奇書 (canonical)
Shidaikisho (romanization)


題知らず

題知らず (canonical)
dai shirazu (romanization)

Literally “topic unknown”.
Some scholars actually translate this as “circumstances unknown”.

(poetry) a 詞書 (kotobagaki, “explanatory note”) stating that the topic, theme, or occasion of a selected waka poem is unknown; also, the poem with the unknown topic, theme, or occasion


オリキャラ

[o̞ɾʲikʲa̠ɾa̠]

オリジナルキャラクター オリジナルキャラクター#Japanese

Short for オリジナルキャラクター (orijinaru kyarakutā): original character (a fan-created character in a fanwork)


ペーパーバック

ja-noun

ペーパーバック • (pēpābakku)


ソフトカバー

ペーパーバック ペーパーバック#Japanese

Synonym of ペーパーバック (pēpābakku, “paperback”); a softcover


ハードカバー

ハードカバー • (hādokabā)


読み下し文

読み下し文 (canonical)
yomikudashi-bun (romanization)

the result of rendering Classical Chinese text into Japanese using kanbun kundoku


欽定訳聖書

ja-pos

欽(きん)定(てい)訳(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) • (Kinteiyaku Seisho)

欽定訳聖書 (canonical)
Kinteiyaku Seisho (romanization)

[kʲĩnte̞ːja̠kɯ̟̊ se̞ːɕo̞]

Calque of British English Authorized Version


同人雑誌

同人雑誌 (canonical)
dōjin zasshi (romanization)

From 同人 (dōjin, “like-minded people; cohorts”) + 雑誌 (zasshi, “magazine”).

af

indie self-published booklet; fan magazine; fanzine


三十六計

ja-pos

三(さん)十(じゅう)六(ろっ)計(けい) • (Sanjūrokkei) ^(←さんじふろくけい (Sanzifurokukei)?)

三十六計 (canonical)
Sanjūrokkei (romanization)
Sanzifurokukei (romanization)
さんじふろくけい (hiragana historical)

[sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨːɾo̞k̚ke̞ː]


ペトロ

シモン・ペトロ


スケッチブック

[sɨ̥ke̞t̚t͡ɕibɯ̟k̚kɯ̟]


集韻

集(しゅう)韻(いん) • (Shūin) ^(←しふゐん (Sifwin)?)

集韻 (canonical)
Shūin (romanization)
Sifwin (romanization)
しふゐん (hiragana historical)


ナタン

ja:ナタン (預言者)


康熙字典

康(こう)熙(き)字(じ)典(てん) • (Kōkijiten) ^(←かうきじてん (Kaukiziten)?)

康熙字典 (canonical)
Kōkijiten (romanization)
Kaukiziten (romanization)
かうきじてん (hiragana historical)

the Kangxi Dictionary (dictionary and cross reference of Chinese characters, first published in 1716 at the behest of the Kangxi emperor, and used to the present day).


トゥルーエンド

ja-noun

トゥルーエンド • (turū endo)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from true + end.

pseudo-loan

(gaming) "true" ending of a storyline with multiple endings (as decided by the game's creator), which is usually the most idyllic and ideal


ワンダーウーマン

ja-pos

ワンダーウーマン • (Wandā Ūman)

[β̞ã̠nda̠ː ɯ̟ːmã̠ɴ]


漢書

[kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

(history) Book of Han (history of the Western Han dynasty finished in 111)


勅撰和歌集

ja-noun

勅(ちょく)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (chokusen wakashū) ^(←ちよくせんわかしふ (tyokusen'wakasifu)?)

勅撰和歌集 (canonical)
chokusen wakashū (romanization)
tyokusen'wakasifu (romanization)
ちよくせんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

[t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟se̞ɰ̃ β̞a̠ka̠ɕɨː]

勅撰 (chokusen, “imperial compilation”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

an anthology of poetry commissioned by order of an Emperor of Japan


古今和歌集

ja-pos

古(こ)今(きん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Kokin Wakashū) ^(←こきんわかしふ (Kokin Wakasifu)?)

古今和歌集 (canonical)
Kokin Wakashū (romanization)
Kokin Wakasifu (romanization)
こきんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

[ko̞kʲiɰ̃ β̞a̠ka̠ɕɨː]

From 古今 (kokin, “ancient and modern”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the first of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 905-914 CE

Ariwara no Motokata
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki


新勅撰和歌集

ja-pos

しんちょくせん わかしゅう

新(しん)勅(ちょく)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shinchokusen Wakashū)

新勅撰和歌集 (canonical)
Shinchokusen Wakashū (romanization)

From 新 (shin-, “new”) + 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “poem collection by order of an emperor”).

prefix

the ninth imperial waka anthology, compiled in 1232-35


新古今和歌集

ja-pos

しん こきん わかしゅう

^しん ^こきん ^わかしふ

新(しん)古(こ)今(きん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shin Kokin Wakashū) ^(←しんこきんわかしふ (Sin Kokin Wakasifu)?)

新古今和歌集 (canonical)
Kokin Wakashū (Shin)
Sin Kokin Wakasifu (romanization)
しんこきんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

From 新 (shin-, “new”) + 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū, waka anthology compiled in 905 CE).
Literally the “New Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems”.

prefix

waka anthology compiled in 905 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the eighth of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 1201-05


小倉百人一首

ja-pos

おぐら ひゃくにん いっしゅ

^をぐら ^ひやくにん ^いつしゆ

小(お)倉(ぐら)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) • (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) ^(←をぐらひやくにんいつしゆ (Wogura Fyakunin Itusyu)?)

小倉百人一首 (canonical)
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (romanization)
Wogura Fyakunin Itusyu (romanization)
をぐらひやくにんいつしゆ (hiragana historical)

From 小倉 (Ogura, a district in Kyoto) + 百人一首 (hyakunin isshu, “one hundred poems by one hundred poets anthology”).

com

the famous of the “one hundred poems by one hundred poets” anthologies, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235, used in the basis of certain card games

Emperor Juntoku
Emperor Tenji
Gosen Wakashū
Princess Shikishi
Shokugosen Wakashū


後撰和歌集

ja-pos

後(ご)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Gosen Wakashū) ^(←ごせんわかしふ (Gosen'wakasifu)?)

後撰和歌集 (canonical)
Gosen Wakashū (romanization)
Gosen'wakasifu (romanization)
ごせんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

From 後 (go, “later”) + 撰 (sen, “collection, compilation”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the second of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in c. 951-953 CE


金剛経

ja-pos

金(こん)剛(ごう)経(きょう) • (Kongō-kyō) ^(←こんがうきやう (Kongau-kyau)?)

金剛経 (canonical)
Kongō-kyō (romanization)
Kongau-kyau (romanization)
こんがうきやう (hiragana historical)

[kõ̞ŋɡo̞ːkʲo̞ː]

金剛般若波羅蜜多経 金剛般若波羅蜜多経#Japanese

Clipping of 金剛般若波羅蜜多経 (Kongō Hannya Haramita-kyō): the Diamond-cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra


金剛般若波羅蜜多経

^こんごう ^はんにゃ ^はらみた-きょう

^こんがう ^はんにや ^はらみた-きやう

金(こん)剛(ごう)般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(み)多(た)経(きょう) • (Kongō Hannya Haramita-kyō) ^(←こんがうはんにやはらみたきやう (Kongau Fannya Faramita-kyau)?)

金剛般若波羅蜜多経 (canonical)
Kongō Hannya Haramita-kyō (romanization)
Kongau Fannya Faramita-kyau (romanization)
こんがうはんにやはらみたきやう (hiragana historical)

Partial calque of Sanskrit वज्रच्छेदिकाप्रज्ञापारमितासूत्र (Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra).
Equivalent to 金(こん)剛(ごう) (kongō, “vajra → diamond”) + 般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(み)多(た) (hannya haramita, “perfection of wisdom (prajnaparamita)”) + 経(きょう) (kyō, “sutra”).

semi-calque

वज्रच्छेदिकाप्रज्ञापारमितासूत्र

ja-compound

はん%にゃ は%ら%み%た

(Buddhism) the Diamond-cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra


四書五経

ja-pos

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) • (Shisho Gokyō) ^(←ししよごきやう (Sisyo Gokyau)?)

四書五経 (canonical)
Shisho Gokyō (romanization)
Sisyo Gokyau (romanization)
ししよごきやう (hiragana historical)

[ɕi̥ɕo̞ ɡo̞kʲo̞ː]

From Literary Chinese 四書五經 (Sìshūwǔjīng).


三国志

三国志 (canonical)
Sangokushi (romanization)

(history) the Records of the Three Kingdoms


死者の書

死者の書 (canonical)
Shisha no Sho (romanization)

Calque of German Todtenbuch (modern spelling: Totenbuch), equivalent to 死者 (shisha, “dead person”) + の (no, possessive/attributive particle) + 書 (sho, “book”)


三国志演義

ja-pos

三(さん)国(ごく)志(し)演(えん)義(ぎ) • (Sangokushi Engi)

三国志演義 (canonical)
Sangokushi Engi (romanization)

From Chinese 三國志演義／三国志演义 (Sānguózhì Yǎnyì).


スター・ウォーズ

スター・ウォーズ • (Sutā Wōzu)

[sɨta̠ː β̞o̞ːzɨ]


シュトゥルム・ウント・ドラング

ja-noun

^シュトゥルム・ウント・^ドラング

シュトゥルム・ウント・ドラング • (Shuturumu unto Dorangu)

シュトゥルムウントドラング

[ɕɨ̥tɯ̟ɾɯ̟mɯ̟ ɯ̟̃nto̞ do̞ɾã̠ŋɡɯ̟]

From English Sturm und Drang, from German Sturm und Drang.

(literature, music, theater) Sturm und Drang

ja:シュトゥルム・ウント・ドラング


エデンの園

From エデン (“Eden”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 園 (sono, “garden”).


密室殺人

ja-noun

密(みっ)室(しつ)殺(さつ)人(じん) • (misshitsu satsujin)

密室殺人 (canonical)
misshitsu satsujin (romanization)

From 密室 (misshitsu, “room locked from the inside”) + 殺人 (satsujin, “murder”).

af

1995 June 1 [1993 February 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with Satō, Fumiya, “オペラ座(ざ)館(かん)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)②(に) [The Opera House Murder Case #2]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 100:

〝密室殺人〟⁉

〝密室殺人〟⁉

a locked-room murder (murder in a room locked from the inside)


禁断の果実

ja-noun

禁(きん)断(だん)の果(か)実(じつ) • (kindan no kajitsu)

禁断の果実 (canonical)
kindan no kajitsu (romanization)

Calque of English forbidden fruit, from a compound of 禁断 (kindan, “forbidden”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 果実 (kajitsu, “fruit”).


エデン

エデンの園

1995 June 1 [1993 April 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with Fumiya Satō, “異(い)人(じん)館(かん)村(むら)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑪(じゅういち) [The Western-Style Village Murder Case #11]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [The Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

The Apple of Eden started to burn — along with greed, hatred and sorrow. Everything was engulfed in the red flames.

禁断の果実が燃えてゆく——欲望も憎悪も悲しみも すべてが赤い炎につつまれて‥‥

Eden no Ringo ga moete yuku—— Yokubō mo zōo mo kanashimi mo Subete ga akai honō ni tsutsumarete‥‥


シェイクスピア

2002 February 18, Inokuma, Shinobu, “LAST(ラスト) PART(パート) サラダデイズは永(えい)遠(えん)に… [Last Part: Forever Salad Days…]”, in SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ) [Salad Days], volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 187–188:

A quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra said that when she was looking back at her past. We have some… "salad days", too, kinda like them.

シェイクスピアのね、「アントニーとクレオパトラ」の中の一節。過去をふり返ってクレオパトラが言う台詞だよ。あの二人は私たちの…〝サラダデイズ〟だわ。

Sheikusupia no ne,“Antonī to Kureopatora” no naka no issetsu. Kako o furikaette Kureopatora ga iu serifu da yo. Ano futari wa watashitachi no…〝sarada deizu〟da wa.


新撰万葉集

ja-pos

しんせん まんようしゅう

新(しん)撰(せん)万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) • (Shinsen Man'yōshū) ^(←しんせんまんえふしふ (Sinsenman'efusifu)?)

新撰万葉集 (canonical)
Shinsen Man'yōshū (romanization)
Sinsenman'efusifu (romanization)
しんせんまんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

From 新撰 (shinsen, “new compilation/selection”) + 万葉集 (Man'yōshū, oldest anthology of poems compiled in c. 759 CE).

com

oldest anthology of poems compiled in c. 759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>

私撰和歌集 私撰和歌集#Japanese

a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled anthology of poems”) in two volumes, thought to be compiled by Sugawara no Michizane around 893–913 CE, with the poems completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)


源氏物語

ja-pos

源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり) • (Genji Monogatari)

源氏物語 (canonical)
Genji Monogatari (romanization)

Chinese: 源氏物語／源氏物语 (Yuánshì Wùyǔ)

From 源氏 (Genji, short for 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji), its titular protagonist) + 物語 (monogatari, “story, tale”).

com

short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">光源氏</i> (Hikaru Genji), its titular protagonist

The Tale of Genji (novel by Murasaki Shikibu)


手弱女振り

ja-noun

手弱女振(たおやめぶ)り • (taoyameburi) ^(←たをやめぶり (tawoyameburi)?)

手弱女振り (canonical)
taoyameburi (romanization)
tawoyameburi (romanization)
たをやめぶり (hiragana historical)

Coined by Kamo no Mabuchi.
Compound of 手弱女 (taoyame, “virtuous, beautiful lady”) + 振り (-buri, “style”).

suffix

古今和歌集 古今和歌集#Japanese

(poetry) a feminine poetic style exhibited in poetry anthologies after the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū)


懐剣

ja-noun

懐(かい)剣(けん) • (kaiken) ^(←くわいけん (kwaiken)?)

懐剣 (canonical)
kaiken (romanization)
kwaiken (romanization)
くわいけん (hiragana historical)

/kwaiken/ → /kaiken/
Appears to be a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 懐 (kai, “bosom; the chest area of a kimono above the 帯 (obi, “sash”) and inside the collar”) + 剣 (ken, “sword”). Appears in texts from the 1300s.

compound

bosom; the chest area of a kimono above the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">帯</i> (obi, “sash”) and inside the collar

(poetry) working on possible response lines for a 連歌 (renga, “linked poem”), 俳諧 (haikai, “amusing style of waka Japanese poetry”), or similar call and response style of performed poetry, prior to a performance; any lines prepared before such a performance


長歌

長歌 (canonical)
chōka (romanization)
tyauka (romanization)
ちやうか (hiragana historical)

/tɨau ka/ → /t͡ɕauka/ → /t͡ɕɔːka/ → /t͡ɕoːka/
Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 長 (chō, “long”) + 歌 (ka, “poem, song”).

lang

夜知富許能迦微能美許登波夜斯麻久爾都麻麻岐迦泥弖登富登富斯故志能久邇邇佐加志賣遠阿理登岐加志弖久波志賣遠阿理登伎許志弖佐用婆比爾阿理多多斯用婆比邇阿理加用婆勢多知賀遠母伊麻陀登迦受弖淤須比遠母伊麻陀登加泥婆遠登賣能那須夜伊多斗遠淤曾夫良比和何多多勢禮婆比許豆良比和何多多勢禮婆阿遠夜麻邇奴延波那伎奴佐怒都登理岐芸斯波登與牟爾波都登理迦祁波那久宇禮多久母那久那留登理加許能登理母宇知夜米許世泥　伊斯多布夜阿麻波勢豆加比許登能加多理其登母許遠婆

八千矛の神の命は八島国妻まきかねて遠遠し高志の国に賢し女を有りと聞かして麗し女を有りと聞こしてさ婚ひに有り立たし婚ひに有り通はせ大刀が緒もいまだ解かずて襲をもいまだ解かねば乙女の寝すや板戸を押そぶらひ我が立たせれば引こづらひ我が立たせれば青山にぬえは鳴きぬさ野つ鳥雉はとよむ庭つ鳥鶏は鳴く心痛くも鳴くなる鳥かこの鳥も打ち止めこせね　いしたふや天馳使ひ事の語り言もこをば

逢ふことの稀なる色に思ひそめわが身は常に天雲の晴るる時なく富士の嶺の燃えつつとはに思へども逢ふことかたし何しかも人をうら見むわたつ海の沖を深めて思ひてし思ひは今はいたづらになりぬべらなり行く水の絶ゆる時なくかくなわに思ひ乱れて降る雪の消なば消ぬべく思へども閻浮の身なればなほやまず思ひは深しあしひきの山下水の木隠れてたぎつこころを誰にかも相語らはむ色にいでば人知りぬべみすみぞめの夕べになればひとりゐてあはれあはれと嘆きあまりせむすべなみに庭にいでて立ちやすらへば白妙の衣のそでに置く露の消なば消ぬべく思へどもなほ嘆かれぬ春霞よそにもひとに逢はむと思えへば

(poetry) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae

(poetry) a tanka poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a chōka


長歌

From 長 (naga-, “long”) + 歌 (uta, “poem, song”).

prefix

(poetry, archaic) a long waka that follows the rule of alternating 5-7 morae and ending in 7-7 morae

(poetry, archaic) a mijikauta poem that is, for unknown circumstances, erroneously labeled a nagauta

a long epic or folk song with a shamisen accompaniment developed in Edo during the 元禄 (Genroku) era


道徳経

ja-pos

道(どう)徳(とく)経(きょう) • (Dōtokukyō) ^(←だうとくきやう (Dautokukyau)?)

道徳経 (canonical)
Dōtokukyō (romanization)
Dautokukyau (romanization)
だうとくきやう (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 道德經 (MC dawX tok keng|kengH). Analyzable as a compound of 道徳 (dōtoku, “morality”) + 経 (kyō, “sutra, scripture”).

Daijirin
Daijisen
Tao Te Ching
ja:松村明
ja:老子道徳経


解題

解題する (canonical)
kaidai suru (romanization)
解題し (stem)
解題した (past)
解題し
かいだいし
kaidai shi
解題する
かいだいする
kaidai suru
解題すれ
かいだいすれ
kaidai sure
解題せよ (imperative literary)
解題しろ (colloquial imperative)
かいだいせよ (imperative literary)
かいだいしろ (colloquial imperative)
kaidai seyo (imperative literary)
kaidai shiro (colloquial imperative)
解題される (passive)
かいだいされる (passive)
kaidai sareru (passive)
解題させる (causative)
解題さす (causative)
かいだいさせる (causative)
かいだいさす (causative)
kaidai saseru (causative)
kaidai sasu (causative)
解題できる (potential)
かいだいできる (potential)
kaidai dekiru (potential)
解題しよう (volitional)
かいだいしよう (volitional)
kaidai shiyō (volitional)
解題しない (negative)
かいだいしない (negative)
kaidai shinai (negative)
解題せず (continuative negative)
かいだいせず (continuative negative)
kaidai sezu (continuative negative)
解題します (formal)
かいだいします (formal)
kaidai shimasu (formal)
解題した (perfective)
かいだいした (perfective)
kaidai shita (perfective)
解題して (conjunctive)
かいだいして (conjunctive)
kaidai shite (conjunctive)
解題すれば (conditional hypothetical)
かいだいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kaidai sureba (conditional hypothetical)


遺著

遺著 (canonical)
icho (romanization)
wityo (romanization)
ゐちょ (hiragana historical)


死に神

死に神 (canonical)
Shinigami (romanization)

First attested in the mid-Edo period, cited to a text in 1709.
Compound of 死に (shini, “dying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 死ぬ (shinu), “to die”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

the Grim Reaper (personification of death)


反歌

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 反 (han, “reflect, return”) + 歌 (ka, “poem”).

com

(poetry) a 短歌 (tanka, “short poem”) following a 長歌 (chōka, “long poem”) as a reflection or reply to the latter; compare English envoi


東歌

ja-noun

東(あずま)歌(うた) • (azuma uta) ^(←あづまうた (adumauta)?)

東歌 (canonical)
azuma uta (romanization)
adumauta (romanization)
あづまうた (hiragana historical)

From 東 (azuma, “east, lands east of the imperial capital”) + 歌 (uta, “poem, song”).

com

古今和歌集 古今和歌集#Japanese

(poetry, historical) poems from the eastern regions of Japan, especially those in the titular fourteenth volume of the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū) or the twentieth volume of the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū)

(poetry) a Kantō-style 狂歌 (kyōka, “comical tanka”)


後漢書

[ɡo̞kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

(history) Book of the Later Han (a book covering the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE)


翻刻

[hõ̞ŋko̞kɯ̟]


翻刻

翻刻する (canonical)
honkoku suru (romanization)
翻刻し (stem)
翻刻した (past)
翻刻し
ほんこくし
honkoku shi
翻刻する
ほんこくする
honkoku suru
翻刻すれ
ほんこくすれ
honkoku sure
翻刻せよ (imperative literary)
翻刻しろ (colloquial imperative)
ほんこくせよ (imperative literary)
ほんこくしろ (colloquial imperative)
honkoku seyo (imperative literary)
honkoku shiro (colloquial imperative)
翻刻される (passive)
ほんこくされる (passive)
honkoku sareru (passive)
翻刻させる (causative)
翻刻さす (causative)
ほんこくさせる (causative)
ほんこくさす (causative)
honkoku saseru (causative)
honkoku sasu (causative)
翻刻できる (potential)
ほんこくできる (potential)
honkoku dekiru (potential)
翻刻しよう (volitional)
ほんこくしよう (volitional)
honkoku shiyō (volitional)
翻刻しない (negative)
ほんこくしない (negative)
honkoku shinai (negative)
翻刻せず (continuative negative)
ほんこくせず (continuative negative)
honkoku sezu (continuative negative)
翻刻します (formal)
ほんこくします (formal)
honkoku shimasu (formal)
翻刻した (perfective)
ほんこくした (perfective)
honkoku shita (perfective)
翻刻して (conjunctive)
ほんこくして (conjunctive)
honkoku shite (conjunctive)
翻刻すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ほんこくすれば (conditional hypothetical)
honkoku sureba (conditional hypothetical)

[hõ̞ŋko̞kɯ̟]


廃刊

廃刊する (canonical)
haikan suru (romanization)
廃刊し (stem)
廃刊した (past)
廃刊し
はいかんし
haikan shi
廃刊する
はいかんする
haikan suru
廃刊すれ
はいかんすれ
haikan sure
廃刊せよ (imperative literary)
廃刊しろ (colloquial imperative)
はいかんせよ (imperative literary)
はいかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
haikan seyo (imperative literary)
haikan shiro (colloquial imperative)
廃刊される (passive)
はいかんされる (passive)
haikan sareru (passive)
廃刊させる (causative)
廃刊さす (causative)
はいかんさせる (causative)
はいかんさす (causative)
haikan saseru (causative)
haikan sasu (causative)
廃刊できる (potential)
はいかんできる (potential)
haikan dekiru (potential)
廃刊しよう (volitional)
はいかんしよう (volitional)
haikan shiyō (volitional)
廃刊しない (negative)
はいかんしない (negative)
haikan shinai (negative)
廃刊せず (continuative negative)
はいかんせず (continuative negative)
haikan sezu (continuative negative)
廃刊します (formal)
はいかんします (formal)
haikan shimasu (formal)
廃刊した (perfective)
はいかんした (perfective)
haikan shita (perfective)
廃刊して (conjunctive)
はいかんして (conjunctive)
haikan shite (conjunctive)
廃刊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
はいかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
haikan sureba (conditional hypothetical)


荒ぶ

荒ぶ (canonical)
arabu (romanization)
荒び (irrealis stem)
あらび (irrealis stem)
arabi (irrealis)
荒び (continuative stem)
あらび (continuative stem)
arabi (continuative)
荒ぶ (stem terminative)
あらぶ (stem terminative)
arabu (terminative)
荒ぶる (attributive stem)
あらぶる (attributive stem)
araburu (attributive)
荒ぶれ (realis stem)
あらぶれ (realis stem)
arabure (realis)
荒びよ (imperative stem)
あらびよ (imperative stem)
arabiyo (imperative)
荒びず (negative)
あらびず (negative)
arabizu (negative)
荒ぶれど (contrastive)
あらぶれど (contrastive)
araburedo (contrastive)
荒ぶれば (causative)
あらぶれば (causative)
arabureba (causative)
荒びば (conditional)
あらびば (conditional)
arabiba (conditional)
荒びき (past)
あらびき (past)
arabiki (past)
荒びけり (past)
あらびけり (past)
arabikeri (past)
荒びつ (perfect)
あらびつ (perfect)
arabitu (perfect)
荒びぬ (perfect)
あらびぬ (perfect)
arabinu (perfect)
荒びたり (continuative perfect)
あらびたり (continuative perfect)
arabitari (continuative perfect)
荒びむ (volitional)
あらびむ (volitional)
arabimu (volitional)

From the stem of adjective 荒らし (arashi, “rough, wild”) + ぶ (-bu, “to act like, to be (of a manner)”, precursor to modern suffix びる (-biru)).

荒れる

to become disordered; to become rough; to grow wild

1694, Matsuo Bashō, Rōka ate kyorai chokan [Recurring thoughts on leaving]:

Haikai is not merely simple construction, rude words, something drawn up with coarse tools

俳諧あらび可申候事は、言葉あらく、道具下品の物取出し申候事にては無

Haikai arabi-ka mōshisōra koto wa, kotoba araku, dōgu gehin no mono toridashi mōshisōra koto nite wa nai

(archaic, of poetry) to lack ornamentation, to be simple, be plain


チェーホフの銃

ja-noun

^チェーホフ の じゅう

チェーホフの銃(じゅう) • (Chēhofu no jū)

チェーホフの銃 (canonical)
Chēhofu no jū (romanization)

[t͡ɕe̞ːho̞ɸɯ̟ no̞ d͡ʑɨː]

From チェーホフ (Chēhofu, “Chekhov”) + の (no) + 銃(じゅう) (jū, “gun”).


合併号

合併号 (canonical)
gappei-gō (romanization)

[ɡa̠p̚pe̞ːɡo̞ː]


漫画喫茶

ja-noun

漫(まん)画(が)喫(きっ)茶(さ) or 漫画喫茶(マンガきっさ) • (manga kissa) ^(←まんがきつさ (mangakitusa)?)

漫画喫茶 (canonical)
漫画喫茶 (canonical)
manga kissa (romanization)
mangakitusa (romanization)
まんがきつさ (hiragana historical)

[mã̠ŋɡa̠ kʲisːa̠]


巻頭

巻(かん)頭(とう) • (kantō) ^(←くわんとう (kwantou)?)

巻頭 (canonical)
kantō (romanization)
kwantou (romanization)
くわんとう (hiragana historical)


自由律

自(じ)由(ゆう)律(りつ) • (jiyūritsu) ^(←じいうりつ (ziiuritu)?)

自由律 (canonical)
jiyūritsu (romanization)
ziiuritu (romanization)
じいうりつ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑijɯ̟ːɾʲit͡sɨ]


六国史

六国史 (canonical)
rikkokushi (romanization)

続(しょく)日(に)本(ほん)後(こう)紀(き) 続日本後紀#Japanese

日(に)本(ほん)文(もん)徳(とく)天(てん)皇(のう)実(じつ)録(ろく) 日本文徳天皇実録#Japanese

日(に)本(ほん)三(さん)代(だい)実(じつ)録(ろく) 日本三代実録#Japanese

the Six National Histories (日(に)本(ほん)書(しょ)紀(き) (Nihon Shoki), 続(しょく)日(に)本(ほん)紀(ぎ) (Shoku Nihongi), 日(に)本(ほん)後(こう)紀(き) (Nihon Kōki), 続(しょく)日(に)本(ほん)後(こう)紀(き) (Shoku Nihon Kōki), 日(に)本(ほん)文(もん)徳(とく)天(てん)皇(のう)実(じつ)録(ろく) (Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku), 日(に)本(ほん)三(さん)代(だい)実(じつ)録(ろく) (Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku))


具足

From Old Japanese 具足 (gusoku). First cited to a portion of the 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi) dated to 722.
In turn, borrowed from Middle Chinese compound 具足 (MC gjuH tsjowk, “to suffice; sufficient”, literally “provide, furnish + enough, abundant”), in evidence since at least the Lunheng of the first century CE.
Within Japanese, also analyzable as a compound of 具 (gu, “gear, equipment, furnishings”) + 足 (soku, “adding, making adequate”).

ltc-l

(poetry) the subject matter alluded to by a 連歌 (renga, “linked poem”)


肉体文学

ja-noun

肉(にく)体(たい)文(ぶん)学(がく) • (nikutai bungaku)

肉体文学 (canonical)
nikutai bungaku (romanization)

肉体 (nikutai, “body; flesh”) + 文学 (bungaku, “literature”)


ウェブまんが

ja-noun

ウェブまんが or ウェブマンガ • (webu manga)

ウェブまんが (canonical)
ウェブマンガ (canonical)
webu manga (romanization)

[β̞e̞bɯ̟ mã̠ŋɡa̠]


ラブコメディー

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from love + comedy


ショートショート

ja-noun

ショートショート • (shōto shōto)

[ɕo̞ːto̞ ɕo̞ːto̞]


書司

(history) a 律令 (ritsuryō) position in the 後宮 (Kōkyū, “Seraglio”) that manages books and stationery


書司

ja-pos

書(ふみの)司(つかさ) or 書(ふんの)司(つかさ) • (Fumi no Tsukasa or Fun no Tsukasa)

書司 (canonical)
書司 (canonical)
Fumi no Tsukasa (romanization)
Fun no Tsukasa (romanization)

From 書 (“writing material”) + の (genitive marker) + 司 (“position”).

af

Alternative spelling of 図書寮 (Fumi no Tsukasa)


図書寮

ja-pos

図(ず)書(しょ)寮(りょう) or 図(と)書(しょ)寮(りょう) • (Zushoryō or Toshoryō)

図書寮 (canonical)
図書寮 (canonical)
Zushoryō (romanization)
Toshoryō (romanization)

(history, government) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 中務省 (Nakatsukasashō, “Ministry of the Center”), responsible for managing books and stationery used by officials

(history, government) a Meiji department under the 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”), responsible for managing books for the Imperial Household


図書寮

図書寮 (canonical)
Fumi no Tsukasa (romanization)

From 書 (“writing material”) + の (genitive marker) + 司 (“office”).

af

(history, government) a Meiji department under the 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”), responsible for manageing books for the Imperial Household


詩経

(literature, poetry) the Classic of Poetry


新刊

ja-noun

新(しん)刊(かん) • (shinkan) ^(←しんかん (sinkan)?)

新刊 (canonical)
shinkan (romanization)
sinkan (romanization)
しんかん (hiragana historical)


ラーマーヤナ

ja-pos

ラーマーヤナ • (Rāmāyana)

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa).


ポエジー

ja-noun

ポエジー • (poejī)


詩語

詩語 (canonical)
shigo (romanization)
sigo (romanization)
しご (hiragana historical)


識語

識語 (canonical)
shikigo (romanization)
sikigo (romanization)
しきご (hiragana historical)

Shift from shigo (see below), using the more-common reading of 識 (shiki) for the first kanji.

(bibliography) the description of the provenance of a book, compare English preface


識語

識語 (canonical)
shigo (romanization)
sigo (romanization)
しご (hiragana historical)

From 識 (shi, “marker, sign”) + 語 (go, “speech, word”).

com

(bibliography, uncommon) the description of the provenance of a book


欠ページ

欠ページ (canonical)
ketsu-pēji (romanization)

(publishing, bibliography) page absence; missing page


句意

句意 (canonical)
kui (romanization)
くい (hiragana historical)


外典

ja-pos

外(がい)典(てん) • (Gaiten) ^(←ぐゎいてん (Gwaiten)?)

外典 (canonical)
Gaiten (romanization)
Gwaiten (romanization)
ぐゎいてん (hiragana historical)


伝本

ja-noun

伝(でん)本(ぽん) • (denpon) ^(←でんぽん (denpon)?)

伝本 (canonical)
denpon (romanization)
でんぽん (hiragana historical)

本書の伝本は少ない。

(bibliography) existing / surviving copy


アラム

アラム語

アラム人


自句自解

自句自解 (canonical)
jikujikai (romanization)


吟社

吟(ぎん)社(しゃ) • (ginsha) ^(←ぎんしや (ginsya)?)

吟社 (canonical)
ginsha (romanization)
ginsya (romanization)
ぎんしや (hiragana historical)


句会

句会 (canonical)
kukai (romanization)
kukwai (romanization)
くくわい (hiragana historical)


山海経

ja-pos

山(せん)海(がい)経(きょう) • (Sengaikyō) ^(←せんがいきゃう (Sengaikyau)?)

山(さん)海(かい)経(きょう) • (Sankaikyō) ^(←さんかいきゃう (Sankaikyau)?)

山海経 (canonical)
Sengaikyō (romanization)
Sengaikyau (romanization)
せんがいきゃう (hiragana historical)
山海経 (canonical)
Sankaikyō (romanization)
Sankaikyau (romanization)
さんかいきゃう (hiragana historical)

[sẽ̞ŋɡa̠ikʲo̞ː]


日本書紀

[ɲ̟iho̞ɰ̃ ɕo̞kʲi]

From 日本(にほん) (nihon, “Japan”) + 書(しょ) (sho, “book”) + 紀(き) (ki, “record”).

ja-com

The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)


戯作

ja-noun

戯(げ)作(さく) or 戯作(ぎさく) or 戯作(けさく) or 戯作(きさく) • (gesaku or gisaku or kesaku or kisaku)

戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
gesaku (romanization)
gisaku (romanization)
kesaku (romanization)
kisaku (romanization)


国定教科書

国(こく)定(てい)教(きょう)科(か)書(しょ) • (kokutei kyōkasho) ^(←こくていけうくわしよ (kokutei keukwasyo)?)

国定教科書 (canonical)
kokutei kyōkasho (romanization)
kokutei keukwasyo (romanization)
こくていけうくわしよ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 国(こく)定(てい) (kokutei, “established by the national government”) + 教(きょう)科(か)書(しょ) (kyōkasho, “textbook”).


韻士

韻士 (canonical)
inshi (romanization)
winsi (romanization)
ゐんし (hiragana historical)


かけことば

ja-noun

かけことば • (kakekotoba) ^(←かけことば (kakekotoba)?)

kakekotoba (romanization)
かけことば (hiragana historical)

From 掛(か)け (kake, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru).”) + 詞(ことば) (kotoba).

ja-compound

pivot word (a form of punning in traditional Japanese poetry)


ショートストーリー

ja-noun

ショートストーリー • (shōto sutōrī)

[ɕo̞ːto̞ sɨ̥to̞ːɾʲiː]

短編小説

短編小説 たんぺんしょうせつ


虫損

虫(ちゅう)損(そん) • (chūson) ^(←ちゆうそん (tyuuson)?)

虫損 (canonical)
chūson (romanization)
tyuuson (romanization)
ちゆうそん (hiragana historical)


パリサイ人

パリサイ人 (canonical)
Parisai-bito (romanization)

(biblical) a Pharisee (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc)


カナン人

カナン人 (canonical)
Kanan-bito (romanization)

(biblical) a Canaanite (member of ancient Semitic people)


ヘブル人

ヘブル人 (canonical)
Heburu-bito (romanization)

ヘブル人への手紙

ヘブライ人 ヘブライ人#Japanese

(biblical) Synonym of ヘブライ人 (Heburai-jin, “Hebrew”) (person)


サマリア人

サマリア人(じん) or サマリア人(びと) • (Samaria-jin or Samaria-bito)

サマリア人 (canonical)
サマリア人 (canonical)
Samaria-jin (romanization)
Samaria-bito (romanization)

よきサマリア人

(biblical) a Samaritan (a native or inhabitant of Samaria)


ペリシテ人

ペリシテ人(じん) or ペリシテ人(びと) • (Perishite-jin or Perishite-bito)

ペリシテ人 (canonical)
ペリシテ人 (canonical)
Perishite-jin (romanization)
Perishite-bito (romanization)

(biblical) a Philistine (non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia)


ナザレ人

ナザレ人 (canonical)
Nazare-bito (romanization)

(biblical) a Nazarene (person from Nazareth; member of the Church of the Nazarene)


ナザレ人

(biblical) the Nazarene (epithet of Jesus Christ)


女庭訓

女庭訓 (canonical)
onnateikin (romanization)

[õ̞nːa̠te̞ːkʲĩɴ]

女 (“female”) + 庭訓 (“homeschooling”) or blend of 女 + 庭訓往来 (Teikin Ōrai, homeschooling textbook)

blend

妹背山婦女庭訓

(history) a Meiji-era homeschooling textbook for girls and women


クリフハンガー

[kɯ̟ɾʲiɸɯ̟hã̠ŋɡa̠ː]


詩題

詩題 (canonical)
shidai (romanization)
sidai (romanization)
しだい (hiragana historical)


学習参考書

ja-noun

がくしゅう さんこうしょ

学(がく)習(しゅう)参(さん)考(こう)書(しょ) • (gakushū sankōsho) ^(←がくしふさんかうしよ (gakusifusankausyo)?)

学習参考書 (canonical)
gakushū sankōsho (romanization)
gakusifusankausyo (romanization)
がくしふさんかうしよ (hiragana historical)

[ɡa̠kɯ̟ɕɨː sã̠ŋko̞ːɕo̞]


エッダ

古エッダ

新エッダ


キリシタン版

キリシタン版 (canonical)
kirishitan-ban (romanization)

[kʲiɾʲiɕi̥tã̠mbã̠ɴ]

(history, Christianity, literature, grammar, lexicography) prose, grammar and vocabulary literature written and printed by Portuguese Jesuits in Japan during the late 16th and early 17th century


イエズス

(Catholicism) Alternative form of イエス (Iesu, “Jesus”)


体用

体(たい)用(ゆう) or 体(たい)用(よう) • (taiyū or taiyō)

体用 (canonical)
体用 (canonical)
taiyū (romanization)
taiyō (romanization)
体用 (canonical)
taiyō (romanization)

体 (“body”) + 用 (“use”), from Middle Chinese 體用. Also blend of 体言 + 用言.

(philosophy, Buddhism, poetry) Essence-Function; Substance and Function; Form and Attribute; that which is absolutely inherent and that which relatively manifests


ジェダイ

Borrowed from English Jedi, said to be adapted from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “period drama”).

der

(religion, fiction) A follower of Jediism (fictional religion)


モーラ

ja-noun

モーラ • (mōra)

Learned borrowing from Latin mora, via English mora.

Meronyms: 子音 (shiin, “consonant”), 母音 (boin, “vowel”)


新唐書

[ɕĩnto̞ːʑo̞]

(history) New Book of Tang (history of the Tang dynasty completed in A.D. 1060)


オーディオブック

オーディオブック • (ōdiobukku)

[o̞ːdʲio̞bɯ̟k̚kɯ̟]


熟語集

熟語集 (canonical)
jukugoshū (romanization)

[d͡ʑɨkɯ̟ɡo̞ɕɨː]


ファンブック

[ɸã̠mbɯ̟k̚kɯ̟]


週刊誌

週(しゅう)刊(かん)誌(し) • (shūkanshi) ^(←しうかんし (siukansi)?)

週刊誌 (canonical)
shūkanshi (romanization)
siukansi (romanization)
しうかんし (hiragana historical)

[ɕɨːkã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

From 週(しゅう)刊(かん) (shūkan, “weekly”) + 誌(し) (shi, “magazine”).

ja-compound

1997, Yoshio Kataoka, Michijun wa kanojo ni kiku:

週刊誌のページを切り取ったものが二ページ、ファイルのなかに入っているだけだった。

Shūkanshi no pēji o kiritotta mono ga ni-pēji, fairu no naka ni haitte iru dake datta.

Two pages that cut out of a weekly were the all in the file.


ホームズ

A transliteration of the English surname Holmes


プロレタリア文学

ja-noun

プロレタリア文(ぶん)学(がく) • (puroretaria bungaku)

プロレタリア文学 (canonical)
puroretaria bungaku (romanization)

[pɯ̟ɾo̞ɾe̞ta̠ɾʲia̠ bɯ̟̃ŋɡa̠kɯ̟]

proletarian literature
proletarian literature


サイドストーリー

サイドストーリー • (saido sutōrī)


義経記

義経 (Yoshitsune) + 記 (“chronicle; record”), with an artificial on-reading for 義経

suf

the Gikeiki; the Chronicle of Yoshitsune; Yoshitsune


ヨブ

ヨブ記


レビ記

Holonym: モーセ五書


モーセ五書

モーセ五書 (canonical)
Mōse Gosho (romanization)

Meronyms: 申命記, 創世記, 出エジプト記, 民数記, レビ記


枕草子

ja-noun

^まくら の% ^そう%し

枕(まくらの)草(そう)子(し) • (Makura no Sōshi) ^(←まくらのさうし (Makura no Sausi)?)

枕草子 (canonical)
Makura no Sōshi (romanization)
Makura no Sausi (romanization)
まくらのさうし (hiragana historical)

The Pillow Book (collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)


劇詩

劇詩 (canonical)
gekishi (romanization)
gekisi (romanization)
げきし (hiragana historical)


通覧

From Middle Chinese 通覽 (/tʰuŋlɑm/, mod. tōnglǎn).

overview, summary, an abridged and focused account


図説

From Middle Chinese 圖說 (/duoɕiuᴇt̚/, mod. túshuō).

illustrated description, a book with pictures or explained as with the clarity of a picture


謄写

謄写 (canonical)
tōsha (romanization)
tousya (romanization)
とうしや (hiragana historical)


バイエル

Transliteration from German in the stage pronunciation (Bühnenaussprache); compare バイヤー (baiyā), バイアー (baiā).

Ferdinand Beyer, German composer and pianist (1803–1863)

Vorschule im Klavierspiel op. 101, book written by Ferdinand Beyer for piano beginners

A transliteration of the German surname Beyer, Bayer, Beier, Baier, Bejer, or Bajer


読後感

読(どく)後(ご)感(かん) • (dokugokan) ^(←どくごかん (dokugokan)?)

読後感 (canonical)
dokugokan (romanization)
どくごかん (hiragana historical)

[do̞kɯ̟ɡo̞kã̠ɴ]


左右固定

左右固定 (canonical)
sayū kotei (romanization)

Referring to the "top"–"bottom" ordering of names in pairings.

左右固定過激派

(fandom slang) accepted top and bottom status


制詞

(poetry) a word that is forbidden due to scansion, rarity, or unfamiliarity


広韻

ja-pos

広(こう)韻(いん) • (Kōin) ^(←くわうゐん (Kwauwin)?)

広韻 (canonical)
Kōin (romanization)
Kwauwin (romanization)
くわうゐん (hiragana historical)

Guangyun (a Song rhyming dictionary, a revised and expanded edition of Qieyun)


リヴァイアサン

Borrowed from English leviathan, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liv'yatán).


私小説

ja-noun

私小説(ししょうせつ) or 私小説(わたくししょうせつ) • (shishōsetsu or watakushi-shōsetsu)

私小説 (canonical)
私小説 (canonical)
shishōsetsu (romanization)
watakushi-shōsetsu (romanization)

(literature) I-novel, a genre of Japanese literature


太玄経

太玄経 (canonical)
Taigenkyō (romanization)

[ta̠iɡẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]


拾遺和歌集

ja-pos

拾(しゅう)遺(い)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shūi Wakashū) ^(←しふゐわかしふ (Sifuwi Wakasifu)?)

拾遺和歌集 (canonical)
Shūi Wakashū (romanization)
Sifuwi Wakasifu (romanization)
しふゐわかしふ (hiragana historical)

From 拾遺 (shūi, “gleaning”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the third of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in c. 1005-07 CE


ヘンタイ

Borrowed from English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変態性欲者(へんたいせいよくしゃ) (hentai seiyoku-sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”).

ja-r

へんたい せいよく-しゃ

hentai (work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art)


説文解字

説文解字 (canonical)
Setsumonkaiji (romanization)

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 說文解字／说文解字 (Shuōwén Jiězì)

obor

(literature) Shuowen Jiezi (an early 2nd-century Chinese dictionary from the Han dynasty)


植え物

ja-noun

植(う)え物(もの) • (uemono) ^(←うゑもの (uwemono)?)

植え物 (canonical)
uemono (romanization)
uwemono (romanization)
うゑもの (hiragana historical)

Compound of 植え (ue, “planting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 植える (ueru, “to plant”)) + 物 (mono, “thing”).

com

(poetry) types of plants used as subjects in renga and haikai


半臂

(poetry) Short for 半臂の句 (hanpi no ku, “(poetry) an adorned third line in a tanka”).


裏白

裏白 (canonical)
裏白 (canonical)
urajiro (romanization)

[ɯ̟ɾa̠ʑiɾo̞]

Literally, “back white”, 裏(うら) (ura, “back, reverse”) + 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”)

ja-compound

(poetry) Clipping of 裏白連歌 (urajiro renga).


ウェブトゥーン

ja-noun

ウェブトゥーン • (webutūn)


懐紙

懐紙 (canonical)
kaishi (romanization)
kwaisi (romanization)
くわいし (hiragana historical)


旧唐書

[kɯ̟to̞ːʑo̞]

(history) Old Book of Tang (history of the Tang dynasty completed in A.D. 945)