万葉

See also: 萬葉 and 万叶

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
万	葉
まん Grade: 2	よう Grade: 3
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ/ → /maɰjeɸu/ → /maɰjeu/ → /maɰjoː/

From Middle Chinese 萬葉 (MC mjonH yep).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まんよー [màń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mã̠ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

万(まん)葉(よう) • (man'yō) ^{←まんえふ (man'efu)?}

1. myriads of leaves
2. (by extension) thousands of years, eternity

Derived terms

• 万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) (Man'yōshū)

Proper noun

万(まん)葉(よう) • (Man'yō) ^{←まんえふ (Man'efu)?}

1. Short for 万葉集 (Man'yōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE
2. a female given name

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 万(まん)葉(よう)緯(い) (Man'yōi)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)仮名(がな) (man'yōgana)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)考(こう) (Man'yōkō)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)拾(しゅう)穂(すい)抄(しょう) (Man'yō Shūsuishō)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) (Man'yō Shugi)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (Man'yō shokubutsu)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)代(だい)匠(しょう)記(き) (Man'yō Daishōki)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)調(ちょう) (Man'yōchō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
万	葉
まん Grade: 2	よう > にょう Grade: 3
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
萬葉 (kyūjitai)

/man jepʉ/ → /maɰjeɸu/ → /maɲːeɸu/ → /maɲːeu/ → /maɲɲoː/

Shift from man'yō above.

The yō changes to nyō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

万(まん)葉(にょう) • (mannyō) ^{←まんえふ (man'efu)?}

1. (rare) myriads of leaves
2. (by extension, rare) thousands of years, eternity

Proper noun

万(まん)葉(にょう) • (Mannyō) ^{←まんえふ (Man'efu)?}

1. (rare) Short for 万葉集 (Mannyōshū): the “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”, an anthology of Old Japanese poetry completed c. 759 CE

Derived terms

• 万(まん)葉(にょう)仮名(がな) (mannyōgana)

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

万葉(かずは) or 万葉(かずよ) or 万葉(まずは) or 万葉(まは) or 万葉(まや) or 万葉(まよ) or 万葉(まよう) or 万葉(まんは) or 万葉(みつよ) • (Kazuha or Kazuyo or Mazuha or Maha or Maya or Mayo or Mayō or Manha or Mitsuyo) 

1. a female given name

万葉(ばんば) or 万葉(まんば) • (Banba or Manba) 

1. a surname