源氏名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
源 氏 名
げん
Grade: 6 		し > じ
Grade: 4 		な
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

From 源氏(げんじ) (Genji) + 名(na) (na).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げんじな [gèńjíꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑina̠]

Noun

源(げん)氏(じ)名(な) • (Genji-na) ←げんじな (genzina)?

  1. nickname, historically used by courtesan and prostitutes and today also used by women who work in bars and nightclubs

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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