夜叉
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Chinese[edit]
phonetic | |||
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simp. and trad. (夜叉) |
夜 | 叉 |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
夜叉
- (Buddhism) yaksha (a malevolent spirit)
- (by extension) a ferocious and hideous looking person
- (figurative, humorous, dated) wife
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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夜 | 叉 |
や Grade: 2 |
しゃ Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 夜叉 (yæH cha?), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent.
- (Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north
- (figurative) a demon
Idioms[edit]
Idioms
- 夜叉が馬を見たよう (yasha ga uma o mita yō): "like when the yaksha saw the horse" → an expression of extreme happiness, from a story of a yaksha who lost his horse
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Derived terms
- 夜叉五倍子 (yashabushi): Alnus firma, a type of alder tree
- 夜叉竹 (yashadake): Semiarundinaria yashadake, a type of bamboo
- 夜叉柄杓 (yashabishaku): Ribes ambiguum, a type of flowering plant related to currants and gooseberry
- 夜叉薇 (yashazenmai): Osmunda lancea, the Japanese lancea flowering fern
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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夜 | 叉 |
Noun[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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夜 | 叉 |
Noun[edit]
夜叉
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