動乱
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 動 | 乱 |
| どう Grade: 3 |
らん Grade: 6 |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 動亂 (kyūjitai) |
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 動亂 (MC duwngX lwanH, literally “move + crazy, confused”).
First cited to a text from roughly 1358.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Antonyms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 動 | 乱 |
| どう Grade: 3 (ateji) |
らん Grade: 6 (ateji) |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 動亂 (kyūjitai) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 動乱 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 動乱, is an alternative spelling (archaic) of the above term.) |
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN