序詞
See also: 序词
Chinese
order; sequence; preface | word; phrase; classical Chinese poem | ||
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trad. (序詞) | 序 | 詞 | |
simp. (序词) | 序 | 词 | |
anagram | 詞序/词序 |
Pronunciation
Noun
序詞
- foreword; preface; prologue
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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序 | 詞 |
じょ Grade: 5 | ことば Grade: 6 |
jūbakoyomi |
Compound of 序 (jo, “beginning”) + 言葉 (kotoba, “words”). The second kanji 詞 is an example of jukujikun.
Pronunciation
- Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) じょことば [jòkóꜜtòbà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ko̞to̞ba̠]
Noun
序詞 (hiragana じょことば, rōmaji jokotoba)
- A monotone prologue with fragmentary samisen accompaniment, used in 浄瑠璃 (Jōruri, “a type of puppet theater”) and other performance types.
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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序 | 詞 |
じょ Grade: 5 | し Grade: 6 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 序詞 (zjoX zi, literally “series; preface + words”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) じょし [jòshíꜜ] (Odaka – [o])[1]
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɕi]
Noun
序詞 (hiragana じょし, rōmaji joshi)
- foreword, preface, prologue
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN