益荒男

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Japanese[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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References[edit]

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