"須臾" meaning in Japanese

See 須臾 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕɨjɯ̟] Forms: 須臾 [canonical] (ruby: 須(しゅ), 臾(ゆ)), shuyu [romanization]
Etymology: Appears to be a shift in reading from suyu below, adopting the relatively newer kan'on reading of shu for the first character. Head templates: {{ja-noun|しゅゆ}} 須(しゅ)臾(ゆ) • (shuyu)
  1. a short amount of time, a moment, an instant
    Sense id: en-須臾-ja-noun-EX~xm~Xm Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 33 17 33
  2. (uncommon) a very small number, 10⁻¹⁵ Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-須臾-ja-noun-7W-4S1Ld Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 41 9 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 42 8 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 42 8 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 33 17 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 41 9 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [sɨjɯ̟] Forms: 須臾 [canonical] (ruby: 須(す), 臾(ゆ)), suyu [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Middle Chinese 須臾 (MC sju yu). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Ultimately derived as a meaning-based translation of Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta, “a moment, instant, any short space of time”), applied to the earlier phonetically transcribed term 牟呼栗多 (MC mjuw xu lit ta). This reading appears to be less common than shuyu above. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=すゆ}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|須臾|id=1,1}} 須臾 (MC sju yu), {{der|ja|sa|मुहूर्त||a moment, instant, any short space of time|sort=しゅゆ}} Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta, “a moment, instant, any short space of time”), {{ltc-l|牟呼栗多}} 牟呼栗多 (MC mjuw xu lit ta) Head templates: {{ja-noun|すゆ}} 須(す)臾(ゆ) • (suyu)
  1. a short amount of time, a moment, an instant
    Sense id: en-須臾-ja-noun-EX~xm~Xm1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 33 17 33
  2. (uncommon) a very small number, 10⁻¹⁵ Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-須臾-ja-noun-7W-4S1Ld1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 41 9 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 42 8 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 42 8 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 34 16 34 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 17 33 17 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 41 9 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 須臾 meaning in Japanese (4.0kB)

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