たつみ

たつみ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たつみ [tàtsúmí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡sɨᵝmʲi]

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
辰巳 巽

Compound of 辰 (tatsu, “Dragon (fifth earthly branch of the Chinese zodiac) → east-southeast”) +‎ 巳 (mi, “Snake (sixth earthly branch) → south-southeast”).

Noun

たつみ • (tatsumi) 

1. (archaic, obsolete) the southeast
   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 18, poem 983; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 8)

     我(わ)が庵(いほ)は都(みやこ)のたつみしかぞすむ世(よ)をうぢ山(やま)と人(ひと)は言(い)ふなり

     waga io wa miyako no tatsumi shika zo sumu yo o Ujiyama to hito wa iunari

     Thus I dwell in my hermitage southeast of the capital at the place others call gloomy Mount Uji.[2]

   Synonyms: 巽位 (son'i), 東南 (tōnan, higashiminami), 南東 (nantō)

2. (archaic, obsolete) a strong wind blown from the southeast: southeasterly
3. (historical) the red-light district at Fukagawa (as it was southeast of Edo Castle)

Coordinate terms

• 四(し)維(い) (shii): いぬい (inui, “northwest”), ひつじさる (hitsujisaru, “southwest”), うしとら (ushitora, “northeast”)

Derived terms

• 辰(たつ)巳(み)上(あ)がり (tatsumi agari)
• 辰(たつ)巳(み)芸(げい)者(しゃ) (tatsumi geisha)
• 辰(たつ)巳(み)言(こと)葉(ば) (tatsumi kotoba)
• 辰(たつ)巳(み)の里(さと), 巽(たつみ)の里(さと) (tatsumi no sato)

Proper noun

たつみ • (Tatsumi) 

1. a placename
2. a male or female given name
3. a surname

Etymology 2

Readings of various kanji.

Proper noun

たつみ • (Tatsumi) 

1. a female given name
2. 起貫, 建美, 樹海, 樹実, 多津美, 太津巳, 達光, 達視: a female given name
3. 達実, 達心, 達美, 達味, 達弥, 辰己, 辰爾, 辰実: a female given name
4. 辰美, 辰弥, 田津実, 田津美, 立海, 立身, 立美, 立巳: a female given name
5. 竜美, 竜弥, 龍己, 龍光, 龍実, 龍心, 龍美, 龍巳: a female given name
6. 龍実, 龍美, 立美, 辰美: a male given name
7. 震, 選, 巽, 多積, 達見, 達己, 達身, 達美: a surname
8. 辰見, 辰己, 辰身, 辰田, 辰美, 辰已, 田積: a surname
9. 立見, 立己, 立身, 立美, 立巳, 竜見, 竜己: a surname
10. 龍見, 龍湖, 龍水, 龍美, 龍味, 龍巳, 竜巳: a surname

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Helen Craig McCullough (1968) Tales of Ise: Lyrical Episodes from Tenth-century Japan, Volume 1 (Tales of Ise: Lyrical Episodes from Tenth-century Japan), Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 36, 162