鎌倉山

鎌倉山

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎌	倉	山
かま Grade: S (ateji)	くら Grade: 4 (ateji)	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 鎌倉 (Kamakura, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture) +‎ 山 (-yama, “mountain”).

Proper noun

鎌(かま)倉(くら)山(やま) • (Kamakura-yama) 

1. the hilly area west of Kamakura; sometimes referring to the vicinity of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine

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Old Japanese

Etymology

From 鎌倉 (Kamakura) +‎ 山 (-yama, “mountain”).

Proper noun

鎌倉山 (Kamakura-yama) (kana かまくらやま)

1. the mountains around present-day Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture; sometimes referring to the vicinity of the present Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3433),[1] text here

     多伎木許流可麻久良夜麻能許太流木乎麻都等奈我伊波婆古非都追夜安奈牟

     taki₁gi₂ ko₂ru Kamakura-yama no₂ ko₂daru ki₂ wo matu to₂ naga ipaba ko₁pi₂tutu ya aramu

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

1. Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.