edochiano

Italian

FWOTD – 4 September 2017

Etymology

From Japanese 江戸っ子 (えどっこ, edokko, true Tokyoite, from 江戸 (えど, Edo), ancient name for Tokyo) + -iano (-ian).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.doˈkja.no/
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: e‧do‧chià‧no

Adjective

edochiano (feminine edochiana, masculine plural edochiani, feminine plural edochiane)

  1. (chiefly literary) of, from or relating to Tokyo (ancient Edo)
    • 2015 October 5, Alberto Cassani, “‘Nausicaä della Valle del Vento’ di Hayao Miyazaki”, in CineFile.biz:
      Visto oggi è un film interessante perché anticipa tanti dei temi e delle situazioni che Miyazaki svilupperà nei lavori successivi, ma è chiaramente un prodotto ancora immaturo: [] Nausicaä denota come l’autore edochiano avesse bene in mente i discorsi che gli interessava fare ma non avesse ancora la capacità di farli in maniera cinematograficamente efficace.
      If seen today, it is an interesting movie, since it anticipates many of the themes and situations which Miyazaki would develop in later works; but clearly it is still an unripe product: [] Nausicaä [of the Valley of the Wind] denotes how firm in his mind the Tokyoite author had the messages he was interested in conveying, but that he did not yet have the ability of conveying them in a cinematographically effective way.

Noun

edochiano m (plural edochiani, feminine edochiana)

  1. (chiefly literary) Tokyoite (native or inhabitant of Tokyo (ancient Edo)) (male or of unspecified gender)
    • 1988, Urbanistica, Edizioni 90-93, Istituto nazionale di urbanistica, page 82:
      Nella seconda metà del periodo Meiji Tokyo cambia, perdendo via via la sua dimensione di città d'acqua, che aveva caratterizzato la vita degli edochiani.
      Tokyo changes during the second half of the Meiji Period, as its dimension as a “water city”, that had characterized the life of Tokyoites, fades away.
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