益荒男
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 益 | 荒 | 男 |
| ま(す) Grade: 5 |
あら > ら Grade: S |
お Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Compound of 益荒 (masura, “manliness”) + 男 (o, “man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
益荒男 • (masurao) ←ますらを (masurawo)?
- a strong, brave man
- Synonyms: 益荒男子 (ますらおのこ, masura onoko), 益荒猛男 (ますらたけお, masuratakeo)
- Antonym: 手弱女 (たおやめ, taoyame)
- a warrior, soldier
- an official of the ancient Japanese court
- a hunter
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 387:[2]
- Masurauo. マスラヲ (丈夫) 詩歌語. すなわち, Yamano reôxi. (山の猟師) 山びと, あるいは, 猟人.
Derived terms
- 益荒男の (masurao no, pillow word)
- 益荒猛男 (masuratakeo)
- 益荒男振り (masurao-buri)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.