玉の緒

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See also: 玉の緖

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たま
Grade: 1

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
玉の緖 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Literally “string of jewels” or “cord of beads”, likely in reference as jewellery or prayer beads.

The figurative sense is an extension of (tama) with cognate/homophone (tama, soul, spirit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(たま)() (tama no oたまのを (tama no wo)?

  1. a beaded string, especially a jewelled necklace
  2. (idiomatic, by extension of “connecting more beads into a string”) the shortness in space of something
  3. (figurative) the (thread of) life, one’s own existence
    Synonyms: (inochi), 生命 (seimei)
  4. (historical) during the Edo period, Buddhist mala beads used in Buddha worship
  5. Synonym of 見せばや (misebaya): Hylotelephium sieboldii, a species of stonecrop

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:玉の緒.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN