えつ

See also: えっ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of えつ – see the following entries.

【悦】S [affix] joy; pleasure; delight [noun] (literary) rejoicing; happiness

【謁】S [affix] audience (with a noble) [noun] (literary) a meeting or audience with a noble

【閲】S [affix] read; view; examine; inspect [affix] pass (of time); elapse [noun] (literary) viewing; reading; inspection

【越】S [affix] pass over; cross over; go over [affix] pass; go through (of time) [affix] exceed; surpass; transgress (limit, extent) [proper noun] (historical) the Yue people to the south of ancient China [proper noun] Abbreviation of 越南 (Etsunan, “Vietnam”).

【粤】H [proper noun] alternative name for 広東 (Kanton, “Guangdong”) [proper noun] (historical) alternative spelling for 越: the Yue people to the south of ancient China Alternative spelling 越

【鉞】H [noun] (historical) an ancient Chinese bronze battle-axe

(This term, えつ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as えつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as えつ.)

Etymology 2

Noun

えつ • (etsu) 

1. 斉魚, 鱭魚: Japanese grenadier anchovy