無何有の郷

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2

Grade: 3
きょう
Grade: 6
goon kan'on goon kan'on
Alternative spellings
無何有の鄕 (kyūjitai)
無何有之郷
Kanji in this term

Grade: 4

Grade: 2

Grade: 3
さと
Grade: 6
goon kan'on goon kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
無何有の鄕 (kyūjitai)
無何有之郷

Etymology

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無何有 (literally nothing exists) +‎ (attributive marker) +‎ (village; town), Old Japanese 無何有乃郷 (mugau no sato) (万葉集 (Man'yōshū), 3851st poem), calque of Literary Chinese 無何有之鄉 (wúhéyǒuzhīxiāng)

Noun

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()()()(さと) or ()()()(きょう) (mukau no sato or mukau no kyō

  1. (literary) Synonym of ユートピア (yūtopia, utopia)
    Synonym: 無何有郷 (mukayūkyō)