万葉

See also: 萬葉 and 万叶

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
まん
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ//maɰjeɸu//maɰjeu//maɰjoː/

From Middle Chinese 萬葉 (MC mjonH yep).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んよー [màń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

(まん)(よう) • (man'yō) まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. myriads of leaves
  2. (by extension) thousands of years, eternity
Derived terms

Proper noun

(まん)(よう) • (Man'yō) まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
  2. a female given name
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
まん
Grade: 2
よう > にょう
Grade: 3
kan’yōon on’yomi
Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ//maɰjeɸu//maɲːeɸu//maɲːeu//maɲɲoː/

Shift from man'yō above.

The changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

Noun

(まん)(にょう) • (mannyō) まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. (rare) myriads of leaves
  2. (by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity

Proper noun

(まん)(にょう) • (Mannyō) まんえふ (man'efu)?

  1. (rare) Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

万葉(かずは) or 万葉(かずよ) or 万葉(まずは) or 万葉(まは) or 万葉(まや) or 万葉(まよ) or 万葉(まよう) or 万葉(まんは) or 万葉(みつよ) • (Kazuha or Kazuyo or Mazuha or Maha or Maya or Mayo or Mayō or Manha or Mitsuyo) 

  1. a female given name

万葉(ばんば) or 万葉(まんば) • (Banba or Manba) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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