万葉

万葉

See also: 萬葉

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
万	葉
まん Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	on’yomi

From Middle Chinese elements 万 (man, “ten thousand”) +‎ 葉 (yō, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まんよー [màń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんよう, rōmaji man'yō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. myriads of leaves
2. thousands of years, eternity

Derived terms

• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)集 (しゅう) (Man'yōshū)

Proper noun

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんよう, rōmaji Man'yō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves", an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
2. a female given name

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)緯 (い) (Man'yōi)
• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)仮 (が)名 (な) (Man'yōgana)
• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)考 (こう) (Man'yōkō)
• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)拾 (しゅう)穂 (すい)抄 (しょう) (Man'yōshūsuishō)
• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)主 (しゅ)義 (ぎ) (Man'yōshugi)
• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)植 (しょく)物 (ぶつ) (Man'yō shokubutsu)
• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)代匠 (だいしょう)記 (き) (Man'yō Daishōki)
• 万 (まん)葉 (よう)調 (ちょう) (Man'yōchō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
万	葉
まん Grade: 2	よう > にょう Grade: 3
kan’yōon	on’yomi

Shift from man'yō above.

The yō changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声). [1][2]

Noun

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんにょう, rōmaji mannyō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. Same as まんよう (man'yō) above

Proper noun

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana まんにょう, rōmaji Mannyō, historical hiragana まんえふ)

1. Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves", an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE

Derived terms

• 万 (まん)葉 (にょう)仮 (が)名 (な) (Mannyōgana)

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana かずは, rōmaji Kazuha, alternative reading かずよ, rōmaji Kazuyo, alternative reading まずは, rōmaji Mazuha, alternative reading まは, rōmaji Maha, alternative reading まや, rōmaji Maya, alternative reading まよ, rōmaji Mayo, alternative reading まよう, rōmaji Mayō, alternative reading まんは, rōmaji Manha, alternative reading みつよ, rōmaji Mitsuyo)

1. a female given name

万葉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬葉, hiragana ばんば, rōmaji Banba, alternative reading まんば, rōmaji Manba)

1. a surname

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN