おきな

おきな

Japanese

Alternative spelling	翁

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​きな [óꜜkìnà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• (Tokyo) おきな [òkíná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞kʲina̠]

Noun

おきな • (okina) 

1. old man
   • c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari[2]

     今(いま)は昔(むかし)、竹取(たけとり)の翁(おきな)といふものありけり。

     Ima wa mukashi, Taketori no Okina to iu mono arikeri.

     Once upon a time, there was a man named Taketori no Okina [old man who harvests bamboo].

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN