千早ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千 早
ち
Grade: 1		 はや
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Derived from classical verb 逸早ぶ (ichihayabu), by dropping of the initial i-. Compare the development of 茨 (ibara, “bramble”) → 薔薇 (bara, “rose”).

Verb

千早ぶ (kami nidan conjugation, hiragana ちはやぶ, rōmaji chihayabu)

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    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 2, poem 199), text here
      [...]　鶏 (とり)之 (が)鳴 (なく)吾 (あ)妻 (づま)乃 (の)國 (くに)之 (の)御 (み)軍士 (いくさ)乎 (を)喚 (めし)賜 (たまひ)而 (て)千 (ち)磐破 (はやぶる)人 (ひと)乎 (を)和 (やは)為 (せ)跡 (と)不奉仕 (まつろはぬ)國 (くに)乎 (を)治 (をさめ)跡 (と)　[...] [Man'yōgana]
      [...]　鶏 (とり)が鳴 (な)く東 (あづま)の国 (くに)の御 (み)いくさを召 (め)したまひてちはやぶる人 (ひと)を和 (やは)せと奉 (まつ)ろはぬ国 (くに)を治 (をさ)めと　[...] [Modern spelling]
      ...tori ga naku azuma no kuni no mi-ikusa o meshi-tamaite chihayaburu hito o yawase to matsurowanu kuni o osame to...
      ...let us summon the glorious troops from the Eastern Lands where birds cry to vanquish the unruly peoples and conquer the defiant lands.[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Haruo Shirane, editor (2012) Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600 (Translations from the Asian classics), abridged, illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 48
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