"やもめ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ja̠mo̞me̞] Forms: yamome [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of an uncertain element やも (yamo) + 女(め) (me, “woman”). The same element is also found in やもお (yamoo, “widower”, archaic), a compound with 男(お) (o, “man”). The original sense of “widow” is first attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, while the sense of “widower” arose later, in the 10th century, and is first recorded in the The Tales of Ise. See also やまめ (yamame), an archaic shift from yamome. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{unc|ja|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{ja-com|やも||女|め|linkto1=-|t2=woman}} やも (yamo) + 女(め) (me, “woman”), {{ja-r|やも.お||widower|pos=archaic}} やもお (yamoo, “widower”, archaic), {{ja-r|男|お|man}} 男(お) (o, “man”), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{ja-r|やまめ}} やまめ (yamame) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} やもめ • (yamome)
  1. 寡, 寡婦, 孀: widow Synonyms (widow): 未亡人 (mibōjin), 寡婦 (kafu), 後家 (goke)
    Sense id: en-やもめ-ja-noun-CJUd0UYP Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male people, Marriage Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Male people: 100 0 Disambiguation of Marriage: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'widow': 96 4
  2. 鰥, 鰥夫: widower Synonyms (widower): 男やもめ (otokoyamome), 寡夫 (kafu)
    Sense id: en-やもめ-ja-noun-Bc-PFvOy Disambiguation of 'widower': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 男やもめ (otokoyamome) (ruby: (おとこ)) (english: widower), やもめ暮らし (yamomegurashi) (ruby: ()) (english: widowhood)
Categories (other): Death, Female people Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for やもめ meaning in Japanese (3.0kB)

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