万葉

/man jepʉ/ → /maɰjeɸu/ → /maɰjeu/ → /maɰjoː/

From Middle Chinese 萬葉 (MC mjonH yep).

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

万(まん)葉(よう) • (man'yō) ^{←まんえふ (man'efu)?}

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

• 万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) (Man'yōshū)

万(まん)葉(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

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

Shift from man'yō above.

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

万(まん)葉(にょう) • (mannyō) ^{←まんえふ (man'efu)?}

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

万(まん)葉(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

• 万(まん)葉(にょう)仮名(がな) (mannyōgana)

Various nanori readings.

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