竜の馬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竜 馬
たつ
Grade: S		 うま
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 竜 (tatsu, “dragon”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 馬 (uma, “horse”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

竜の馬 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龍馬, hiragana たつのうま, rōmaji tatsu no uma)

  1. (idiomatic) an excellent horse, a very fast horse
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 808), text here
      多都乃麻乎 阿礼波毛等米牟
      たつのまを あれはもとめむ
      Tatsu no ma o / are wa motomemu
      “I would want a dragon horse...”
      (Note that the ancient form of uma was sometimes rendered as ma or muma. See the etymology at 馬 for more details.)
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References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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