下野

Chinese

 
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
field; plain; open space
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
simp. and trad.
(下野)

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

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Verb

下野

  1. (politics) to be forced to step down

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 下野 (Shimotsuke).

Proper noun

下野

  1. () Shimotsuke (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 2
goon

First attested around the early 1930s.[1]

Appears to be coined in Japan from Middle Chinese-derived elements (ge, below, lower) + (ya, field).

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (geya) 

  1. (of a public servant) retirement from public office
  2. (politics, of a political party) going into the opposition

Verb

()()する • (geya suru) suru (stem ()() (geya shi), past ()()した (geya shita))

  1. (of a public servant) to retire from public office
    Synonym: 野に下る (ya ni kudaru)
  2. (politics, of a political party) to go into the opposition
Conjugation
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
しも
Grade: 1
Grade: 2
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
繍線菊 (meadowsweet)

⟨simo1tuke2 → */simʷotukei̯//ɕimot͡suke/

Originally a clipping of Old Japanese 下毛野 (Simo1tuke2no1 → Shimotsukeno, literally Lower Keno).[3]

The meadowsweet sense was first attested in The Pillow Book (1002), from the province where the flower was first discovered.

Proper noun

下野(しもつけ) • (Shimotsuke) 

  1. a placename, such as that of:
    1. (historical) Short for 下野国 (Shimotsuke-no-kuni): Shimotsuke Province, an old province of Japan, now part of Tochigi Prefecture
      Synonym: 野州 (Yashū)
    2. Short for 下野市 (Shimotsuke-shi): Shimotsuke (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) [2006]
  2. a surname
Derived terms
  • 下野(しもつけ)(やく)師寺(しじ)(あと) (Shimotsuke Yakushiji Ato)
  • ()下野(しもつけ) (kishimotsuke)
See also

Noun

下野(しもつけ) or 下野(シモツケ) • (shimotsuke) 

  1. the Japanese meadowsweet, Spiraea japonica
    Synonym: 木下野 (kishimotsuke)
    Hypernym: 薔薇 (bara)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
しも
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From (shimo, lower) + (no, field).

Proper noun

(しも)() • (Shimono) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
した
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From (shita, below) + (no, field).

Proper noun

(した)() • (Shitano) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

下野 • (haya) (hangeul 하야)

  1. Hanja form? of 하야 (withdrawal from politics, e.g. being forced to step down).
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