昔男

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昔	男
むかし Grade: 3	おとこ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the first line of most sections of Ise Monogatari (late 9th century), 昔、男ありけり (Mukashi, otoko arikeri, “Long ago, there lived a (certain) man...”).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

昔(むかし)男(おとこ) • (Mukashi Otoko) ^{←むかしをとこ (mukasiwotoko)^?}

(archaic, colloquial) a nickname of Ariwara no Narihira, Heian-period waka poet

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[2] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN