Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1
(ateji)
Grade: 2
(ateji)

Grade: 1
ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
irregular kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Coined by Kamo no Mabuchi.[1][2][3]

Compound of 手弱女 (taoyame, virtuous, beautiful lady) +‎ 振り (-buri, style).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) おやめぶり [tàóyámébúrí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠o̞ja̠me̞bɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun edit

手弱女振(たおやめぶ) (taoyameburiたをやめぶり (tawoyameburi)?

  1. (poetry) a feminine poetic style exhibited in poetry anthologies after the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū)
    Antonym: 益荒男振り (masuraoburi)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN