Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From (hito, person) and (yo, world) linked by the genitive (no).

Phrase edit

(ひと)() (hito no yo

  1. the human world
    • 松下幸之助 (Kōnosuke Matsushita)
      (よろこ)びもよし、(かな)しみもまたよし、(ひと)()(くも)(なが)れの(ごと)し。
      Yorokobi mo yoshi, kanashimi mo mata yoshi, hito no yo wa kumo no nagare no gotoshi.
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. relationships between men and women
    • c. 1045-1068: Yoru no Nezame (volume 1)[1]
      (ひと)()のさまざまなるを見聞(みき)きつもるに、なほ()(ざめ)()(なか)らひばかり、(あさ)からぬ(ちぎ)りながら、よに(こころ)づくしなる(れい)は、ありがたくもありけるかな。
      Fito no yo no samazamanaru wo mikiki-tsumoru ni, nafo Nezame no go-nakarafi bakari asakaranu chigiri nagara, yo ni kokorodzukushi naru rei wa, arigataku mo arikeru kana.
      (please add an English translation of this example)

References edit

  1. ^ Sakakura, Atsuyoshi (1964) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 78: Yoru no Nezame (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN