げんじ

See also: けんし, けんじ, and げんし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of げんじ – see the following entries.

【元治】	[proper noun] the Genji era, 1864–1865

【源氏】

[noun] any family or clan with a common surname of 源 (Minamoto)

[noun] (poetry) ellipsis of 源氏行 (Genji-kō, “a form of 連歌 (renga, “linked verse”) where sixty verses are written on a piece of paper folded in three”)

[noun] ellipsis of 源氏香 (Genji-kō, “an incense-comparing game, with five sorts of incense”)

[noun] (painting) ellipsis of 源氏絵 (Genji-e, “paintings based on the events of the Tale of Genji; paintings depicting the Heian era in general”)

[noun] ellipsis of 源氏織り (Genji-ori, “a type of fabric woven with intermittently gold wrapped thread, woven in Kyoto in the Edo period”)

[noun] (historical, colloquial) a maidservant in a noble household

[noun] (archaic women's speech) synonym of 夕顔 (yūgao): the common moonflower or moonvine, Ipomoea alba

[noun] (archaic women's speech) synonym of 茄子 (nasu): the eggplant, Solanum melongena

[noun] (slang) a corrupt rickshaw puller associated with a brothel who brings in customers for them, and expects a high fee

[proper noun] ellipsis of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji, a novel by Murasaki Shikibu

[proper noun] ellipsis of 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji): the titular protagonist of the novel

[proper noun] a placename

[proper noun] a surname

(This term, げんじ (genji), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

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