曼珠沙華
See also: 曼殊沙華
Chinese
handsome; large; long | pearl; bead | granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar | flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain | ||
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trad. (曼珠沙華) | 曼 | 珠 | 沙 | 華 | |
simp. (曼珠沙华) | 曼 | 珠 | 沙 | 华 |
Etymology
From the name of a divine flower 曼殊沙華 (MC muɑn d͡ʑɨo ʃˠa ɦˠua|hˠua) as attested in Middle-Chinese translation of Buddhist literature, itself phono-semantic translation of a Sanskrit term (see 曼殊沙華#Etymology).
Pronunciation
Noun
曼珠沙華
- red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
Synonyms
- 石蒜
- 彼岸花 (bǐ'ànhuā)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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曼 | 珠 | 沙 | 華 |
まん Hyōgaiji | しゅ > じゅ Grade: S | しゃ Grade: S | げ Grade: S |
goon | kan’on | goon |
Alternative forms
- 曼殊沙華
Etymology
From Literary Chinese 曼珠沙華, from Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) まんじゅしゃげ [màńjúꜜshàgè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) まんじゅしゃげ [màńjúsháꜜgè] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [mã̠n(d͡)ʑɨᵝɕa̠ɡe̞]
Noun
曼珠沙華 • (manjushage)
- Synonym of 彼岸花 (higanbana, “Lycoris radiata (red spider lily)”)
- 2019, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “曼珠沙華 [Red Spider Lily]”:
- さあ、夢を 君の全てを
ボクに委ねて
堕落して? 何処までも落ちて
枯れ行く曼珠沙華- Sā, yume o kimi no subete o
Boku ni yudanete
Daraku shite? Doko made mo ochite
Kareyuku manjushage - So please, your dreams and all of yourself
Give them to me
Shall we fall, into whatever place
Where the red spider lily falls?
- Sā, yume o kimi no subete o
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See also
- 文殊 (Monju)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN