白妙の

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	妙
しろ Grade: 1	たえ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
白栲の

Etymology

From 白妙 (shirotae, “white-colored”), extension of 白栲 (shirotae, “white paper mulberry cloth”), coupled with genitive case marker の (no).

Phrase

白(しろ)妙(たえ)の • (shirotae no) ^{←しろたへの (sirotafe no)?}

1. allusion to articles of clothing as white as paper mulberry such as 衣 (koromo, “clothes, garments”), 袖 (sode, “sleeve”), etc.
2. allusion to objects typically white in color such as 浪 (nami, “waves”), 浜 (hama, “shore”), 雪 (yuki, “snow”), etc.
3. allusion to placenames such as 香椎 (Kashii) or 浜名 (Hamana)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:白妙の.

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 白妙 (siro₁tape₂, “white-colored”), extension of 白栲 (siro₁tape₂, “white paper mulberry cloth”), coupled with genitive case marker の (no₂).

Phrase

白妙の (siro₁tape₂ no₂) (kana しろたへの)

1. allusion to articles of clothing as white as paper mulberry such as 衣 (ko₂ro₂mo, “clothes, garments”), 袖 (so₁de, “sleeve”), 袂 (tamoto₂, “sleeve pocket”), etc.
2. allusion to objects typically white in color such as 雲 (kumo, “clouds”)
3. allusion to placenames such as 藤江 (Pudiye, “Fujie”)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:白妙の.

See also

• 白栲の (siro₁tape₂ no₂)