なれ

Japanese

Etymology

The long form of nare. Compound of na and suffix re.

Pronoun

なれ (kanji 汝, romaji nare)

1. second person personal pronoun; you
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3440)

     許乃河泊尓 安佐菜安良布児 奈礼毛安礼毛 余知乎曽母弖流 伊仾児多婆里尓 _{一云 麻之毛安礼母}

   • c. 913 Kokin Wakashū (#904)

     ちはやぶる宇治のはしもり なれをしぞあはれとは思ふ 年のへぬれば

See also

• 汝 (na)

References

• 1958 May 19, Umetomo Saeki, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 8: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0008-7:
• 2002 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man'yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240003-4: