益荒男

Japanese

Kanji in this term
益 荒 男
ま(す)
Grade: 5		 あら > ら
Grade: S		 お
Grade: 1
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Compound of 益荒 (ますら) (masura, “manliness”) + 男 (お) (o, “man”).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ますらお [màsúráó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ma̠sɨᵝɾa̠o̞]

Noun

益荒男 (hiragana ますらお, rōmaji masurao, historical hiragana ますらを)

  1. a strong, brave man
    Synonyms: 益荒男子 (masura onoko), 益荒猛男 (masuratakeo)
    Antonym: 手弱女 (taoyame)
  2. a warrior, soldier
    Synonyms: 武人 (bujin), 武士 (mononofu)
  3. an official of the ancient Japanese court
  4. a hunter
    • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 387)[2]
      Masurauo. マスラヲ (丈夫) 詩歌語. すなわち, Yamano reôxi. (山の猟師) 山びと, あるいは, 猟人.
    Synonyms: 狩人 (kariudo, karyūdo), 猟師 (ryōshi)

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
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