千乗の国
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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千 | 乗 | 国 |
せん Grade: 1 |
じょう Grade: 3 |
くに Grade: 2 |
Alternative spelling |
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千乘の國 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Noun phrase, composed of 千乗 (senjō, “one thousand chariots”) + の (no, possessive marker) + 国 (kuni, “country, state”).
Ultimately borrowed from Literary Chinese 千乘之國.
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
千乗の国 • (senjō no kuni)
- (ancient China) a state with a thousand chariots; (by extension) a medium-sized state
- Confucius, 学而第一:
- 子曰く、千乗の国を道びくに、事を敬して信、用を節して人を愛し、民を使うに時を以てす。
- Shi iwaku, senjō no kuni o michibiku ni, koto o keishite shin, yō o sesshite hito o aishi, tami o tsukau ni toki o motte su.
- Confucius, 学而第一:
Related terms edit
References edit
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.