鞍上

鞍上

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鞍	上
あん Jinmeiyō	じょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あんじょー [àńjóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

鞍(あん)上(じょう) • (anjō) ^{←あんじやう (anzyau)?}

1. on a horse’s saddle; (by extension) on a horse

   Synonym: 馬上 (bajō)

   Antonym: 鞍下 (anka)

   • 1923, 水上滝太郎, 大人の眼と子供の眼‎, 青空文庫:

     それっきり自分(じぶん)は口(くち)をつぐんでしまったが、たった一瞬間(いっしゅんかん)にして通(とお)り過(す)ぎただけの白馬(はくば)鞍上(あんじょう)の紳士(しんし)の姿(すがた)は、一生涯忘(いっしょうわす)れられないほど爽(さわや)かに眼(め)に残(のこ)った。

     Sorekkiri jibun wa kuchi o tsugunde shimatta ga, tatta isshunkan ni shite tōrisugita dake no hakuba anjō no shinshi no sugata wa, isshō wasurerarenai hodo sawayaka ni me ni nokotta.

     I ended up holding my tongue from then on, but the image of the gentleman on the saddle of the white horse, whom I merely passed by in an instant, lingered in my mind so pleasantly that I will never forget it.

   • 1941, 吉川英治, 梅里先生行状記‎, 青空文庫:

     あざやかに鞍上(あんじょう)にまたがり、すぐ馬首(ばしゅ)を立(た)てて春風(しゅんぷう)に道(みち)を求(もと)めている。

     Azayaka ni anjō ni matagari, sugu bashu o tatete shunpū ni michi o motomete iru.

     He gracefully sat astride on the saddle, immediately raised the horse’s neck, and made his way through the spring breeze.

Derived terms

• 鞍上(あんじょう)人(ひと)無(な)く鞍下(あんか)馬(うま)無(な)し (anjō hito naku anka uma nashi)