復つ

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Old Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
irregular

Etymology[edit]

The root wot- refers to “youth, original state”,[1][2] with traces found in (woto2ko1)[1][3][4] and 乙女 (woto2me1).[1][5][6]

Possibly also cognate with (woti, distant time).

Verb[edit]

復つ (wotu) (kana をつ)

  1. to return to an origin or original state, to become young again, to be rejuvenated, to be restored to a youthful state
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 847:
      ,[7] text here
      和我佐可理伊多久久多知奴久毛爾得夫久須利波武等母麻多遠知米也母
      waga sakari itaku kutatinu kumo ni to2bu kusuri pamu to2 mo mata wotime2 ya mo
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 1034:
      ,[8] text here
      從古人之言來流老人之變若云水曾名爾負瀧之瀨
      inisipe1 yu pi1to2 no2 ipi1ke1ru oipi1to2 no2 wotu to2 ipu mi1du so2 na ni opu taki1 no2 se
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to be reborn
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 650:
      ,[7] text here
      吾妹兒者常世國爾住家良思昔見從變若益爾家利
      wagi1moko1 pa to2ko2yo2 no2 kuni ni sumi1ke1rasi mukasi mi1si yo1ri wotimasinike1ri
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Japanese: 復つ (otsu)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 復・変若”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 復つ”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. ^ ”, in デジタル大辞泉[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  5. ^ 少女”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[5] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  6. ^ 乙女”, in デジタル大辞泉[6] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  7. 7.0 7.1 Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
  8. ^ Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2000, →ISBN.