変若つ

変若つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変	若
Grade: 4	Grade: 6

Etymology

[wot-] > [ot-]. Traces exist in otoko and otome.

Verb

変若つ (godan conjugation, hiragana おつ, rōmaji otsu, historical hiragana をつ)

1. to become young
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 847)

     和我佐可理 伊多久々　多知奴 久毛尓得夫 久須利波武等母 麻多遠知米也母

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 6, poem 1034)

     従古 人之言來流 老人之 變若云水曾 名尓負瀧之瀬

2. to be reborn
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 4, poem 650)

     吾妹児者 常世国尓 住家良思 昔見従 変若益尓家利

References

• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2000, →ISBN.