"矢" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. arrow Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji Synonyms: Derived forms: 矢刃 (shijin) (ruby: 矢刃(しじん)), 矢石 (shiseki) (ruby: (), (せき)), 一矢 (isshi) (ruby: 一矢(いっし)), 嚆矢 (kōshi) (ruby: 嚆矢(こうし)), 矢張り (yahari), 矢っ張り (yappari)
    Sense id: en-矢-ja-character-hk6jn-fi Categories (other): Grade 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations

Proper name

IPA: [ja̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), Ya [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Found in the Kojiki of 712 CE, and in the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=や}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|や}} 矢(や) • (Ya)
  1. a place name
    Sense id: en-矢-ja-name-ZV4eXQvV Categories (other): CJKV radicals, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of CJKV radicals: 9 1 0 1 43 6 1 6 3 0 10 18 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 67 16 2 9 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 61 17 3 8 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 66 13 7 11 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 64 23 3 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 59 18 3 8 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 68 19 3 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ja̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ya [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Found in the Kojiki of 712 CE, and in the Man'yōshū completed some time after 759 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=や}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|や}} 矢(や) • (ya)
  1. (archery, weaponry) an arrow Categories (topical): Archery, Weapons
  2. a wedge used to break hard objects such as wood or stone
    Sense id: en-矢-ja-noun-UkpWHQrk
  3. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of arrows
    Sense id: en-矢-ja-noun-YtEq4Tu0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: (yumi) (ruby: (ゆみ)) (english: bow)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 矢面, 矢表 (yaomote), 矢傷, 矢疵 (yakizu), 矢倉 (yagura) (ruby: (), (ぐら)), 矢印 (yajirushi) (ruby: (), (じるし)), 矢継, 矢継ぎ (yatsugi), 矢壺, 矢坪 (yatsubo), 矢所 (yadokoro) (ruby: (), (どころ)), 流鏑馬 (yabusame) (ruby: 流鏑馬(やぶさめ)), 乙矢 (otoya) (ruby: (おと), ()), 落とし矢, 落し矢 (otoshiya), 差矢, 差し矢 (sashiya), 猟矢, 幸矢 (satsuya), 鹿矢 (shishiya), 素矢, 徒矢 (suya), 征矢 (soya) (ruby: 征矢(そや)), 止矢, 止め矢 (tomeya), 甲矢, 兄矢, 早矢 (haya), 弓矢 (yumiya) (ruby: (ゆみ), ()) (english: bow and arrow)

Noun

IPA: [sa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), sa [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Possibly cognate with Old Japanese-derived 幸 (sachi, “a hunting implement”) and Korean 살 (sal, “arrow”). This reading does not appear to be used in modern Japanese. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=さ}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{m|ja|佐|tr=sa}} 佐 (sa), {{lang|ja|矢}} 矢, {{cog|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|幸||a hunting implement|tr=sachi}} 幸 (sachi, “a hunting implement”), {{cog|ko|살||arrow}} Korean 살 (sal, “arrow”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|さ}} 矢(さ) • (sa)
  1. (obsolete) an arrow Tags: obsolete Derived forms: , (ikusa), 投ぐる矢の (naguru sa no, pillow word) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-矢-ja-noun-0bhsY45P1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 矢 meaning in Japanese (11.2kB)

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          "流鏑馬",
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              "光",
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              "陰",
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              "矢",
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              "如",
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          "roman": "masurao no yuzue furiokoshi itsuru ya o nochi mimu hito wa kataritsugu gane",
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              "大夫",
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              "之",
              "の"
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              "弓",
              "ゆ"
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              "上",
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              "振",
              "ふり"
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              "起",
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            [
              "射都流",
              "いつる"
            ],
            [
              "矢",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "乎",
              "を"
            ],
            [
              "後",
              "のち"
            ],
            [
              "将見",
              "みむ"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "は"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "かたり"
            ],
            [
              "継",
              "つぐ"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "がね"
            ],
            [
              "弓",
              "ゆ"
            ],
            [
              "末",
              "ずゑ"
            ],
            [
              "振",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "おこ"
            ],
            [
              "射",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "矢",
              "や"
            ],
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              "後",
              "のち"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
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              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
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              "語",
              "かた"
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              "継",
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          "text": ", text here\n大夫之弓上振起射都流矢乎後将見人者語継金 [Man'yōgana]\nますらをの弓末振り起し射つる矢を後見む人は語り継ぐがね [Modern spelling]"
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        "hobbies",
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        "military",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
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          "break",
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          "object",
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          "wood",
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          "家紋",
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          "family",
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          "crest",
          "crest"
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              "い"
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              "あ"
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      "ipa": "[ja̠]"
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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さ"
      },
      "expansion": "矢(さ) • (sa)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with obsolete senses",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 20, poem 4430",
          "roman": "arasi-wo no iwo-sa tapasami mukapi-tati kanaruma sidumi idete to a ga kuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "阿良之乎乃",
              "あらしをの"
            ],
            [
              "伊乎",
              "いを"
            ],
            [
              "佐",
              "さ"
            ],
            [
              "太波佐美",
              "たはさみ"
            ],
            [
              "牟可比多知",
              "むかひたち"
            ],
            [
              "可奈流麻之都美",
              "かなるましづみ"
            ],
            [
              "伊埿弖登阿我久流",
              "いでてとあがくる"
            ],
            [
              "荒",
              "あら"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "を"
            ],
            [
              "手",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "挟",
              "はさ"
            ],
            [
              "向",
              "むか"
            ],
            [
              "立",
              "た"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "我",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "く"
            ]
          ],
          "text": ", text here\n阿良之乎乃伊乎佐太波佐美牟可比多知可奈流麻之都美伊埿弖登阿我久流 [Man'yōgana]\n荒し男のいをさ手挟み向ひ立ちかなるましづみ出でてと我が来る [Modern spelling]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an arrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) an arrow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū",
    "man'yōgana"
  ],
  "word": "矢"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "矢"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "矢",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "矢"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "矢",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "矢"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "矢",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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