竜馬
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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竜 | 馬 |
りゅう Grade: S |
め Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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龍馬 (kyūjitai) |
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 龍馬/龙马 (ljowng mæX, literally “dragon + horse”). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Usage notes
- When written on shogi pieces, kyūjitai 龍馬 is preferred.
Synonyms
See also
Shogi pieces (将棋の駒) | |||||||||
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Unpromoted (生駒) |
name | 王将 玉将 |
金将 | 銀将 | 桂馬 | 香車 | 飛車 | 角行 | 歩兵 |
abbr. | 王 玉 |
金 | 銀 | 桂 | 香 | 飛 | 角 | 歩 | |
Promoted (成駒) |
name | - | - | 成銀 | 成桂 | 成香 | 竜王 | 竜馬 | と金, 成歩 |
abbr. | - | - | 全* | 圭* | 杏* | 竜 | 馬 | と, 止 | |
*These 3 abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names. |
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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竜 | 馬 |
りゅう Grade: S |
ま Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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龍馬 (kyūjitai) |
Alteration of ryūme above, using the kan'yōon reading of ma for the 馬 character.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Usage notes
The ryūma reading is common, but might be considered by some to be less technically correct than the ryūme reading.[1]
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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竜 | 馬 |
りょう Grade: S |
ば Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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龍馬 (kyūjitai) |
Shift in pronunciation ryūme above. The kan'on for both characters, so probably a re-borrowing from a later stage of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Usage notes
This is a homophone with the synonymous spelling 良馬 (ryōba, literally “good horse”).
Synonyms
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term | |
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竜 | 馬 |
りょう Grade: S |
め Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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龍馬 (kyūjitai) |
Alteration of ryūme above, using the kan'on reading of ryō for the 竜 character.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Synonyms
Etymology 5
Kanji in this term | |
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竜 | 馬 |
りょう Grade: S |
ま Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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龍馬 (kyūjitai) |
Probably an alteration of ryōba above, using the kan'yōon reading of ma for the 馬 character.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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- a surname
Etymology 6
Kanji in this term | |
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竜 | 馬 |
たつ Grade: S |
うま Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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龍馬 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 馬 (uma, “horse”).[2][3] The no is implied in this spelling.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Synonyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Japanese terms spelled with 竜 read as りゅう
- Japanese terms spelled with 馬 read as め
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese idioms
- ja:Shogi
- Japanese terms spelled with 馬 read as ま
- Japanese terms spelled with 竜 read as りょう
- Japanese terms spelled with 馬 read as ば
- Japanese surnames
- Japanese terms spelled with 竜 read as たつ
- Japanese terms spelled with 馬 read as うま
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms