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)
- (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)
- (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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