益荒男

益荒男

Japanese

Kanji in this term
益	荒	男
ま(す) Grade: 5	あら > ら Grade: S	お Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 丈夫, 大夫, 壮夫

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Compound of 益荒(ますら) (masura, “manliness”) + 男(お) (o, “man”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ますらお [màsúráó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠sɨᵝɾa̠o̞]

Noun

益(ます)荒(ら)男(お) • (masurao) ^{←ますらを (masurawo)?}

1. a strong, brave man

   Synonyms: 益荒男子 (ますらおのこ, masura onoko), 益荒猛男 (ますらたけお, masuratakeo)

   Antonym: 手弱女 (たおやめ, taoyame)

2. a warrior, soldier

   Synonyms: 武人 (bujin), 武士 (mononofu)

3. an official of the ancient Japanese court
4. a hunter
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 387)[2]

     Masurauo. マスラヲ (丈夫) 詩歌語. すなわち, Yamano reôxi. (山の猟師) 山びと, あるいは, 猟人.

   Synonyms: 狩人 (かりうど, kariudo, かりゅうど, karyūdo), 猟師 (りょうし, ryōshi)

Derived terms

• 益荒男(ますらお)の (masurao no, pillow word)
• 益荒(ますら)猛(たけ)男(お) (masuratakeo)
• 益荒(ますら)男(お)振(ぶ)り (masurao-buri)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.