益荒男振り

益荒男振り

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 丈夫振り, 丈夫風

Etymology

Coined by Kamo no Mabuchi.[1][2][3]

Compound of 益荒男 (masurao, “strong, brave man”) +‎ 振り (-buri, “style”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ますらおぶり [màsúráóbúrí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠sɨᵝɾa̠o̞bɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

益(ます)荒(ら)男(お)振(ぶ)り • (masuraoburi) ^{←ますらをぶり (masurawoburi)?}

1. (poetry) a masculine poetic style exhibited in the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū)

Antonyms

• 手弱女(たおやめ)振(ぶ)り (taoyameburi, “feminine poetic style”)

References

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