変若つ
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 変 | 若 |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 6 |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 變若つ (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
[wot-] > [ot-]. Traces exist in otoko and otome.
Verb edit
変若つ • (otsu) ←をつ (wotu)?godan (stem 変若ち (ochi), past 変若った (otta))
- to become young
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 847:
- 和我佐可理 伊多久々 多知奴 久毛尓得夫 久須利波武等母 麻多遠知米也母
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 1034:
- 従古 人之言來流 老人之 變若云水曾 名尓負瀧之瀬
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to be reborn
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 650:
- 吾妹児者 常世国尓 住家良思 昔見従 変若益尓家利
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
- Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Man’yōshū 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2000, →ISBN.