See also: 丰富 and 豐富

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Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 5

Grade: 4
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
豐富 (kyūjitai)

Ultimately from written Chinese 豐富丰富 (fēngfù). First attested in Japanese in the 1830s.[1]

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Adjective edit

(ほう)() (hōfu-na (adnominal (ほう)() (hōfu na), adverbial (ほう)() (hōfu ni))

  1. [from 1830s] plenteous, abundant, ample, bounteous, rich
    Synonyms: 沢山 (takusan), (yutaka), 富む (tomu, verb)
    Antonym: 貧弱 (hinjaku)
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Noun edit

(ほう)() (hōfu

  1. [from 1830s] plenty, abundance, ampleness, bounty, richness

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
とよ
Grade: 5
と(み)
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
豐富 (kyūjitai)
 
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Compound of (toyo, bounteous, ample) +‎ 富み (tomi, riches, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (tomu, to accumulate, to become bounteous, to become rich)). Also analyzable as a shift in reading from the regular on'yomi of hōfu to the expected kun'yomi for these same characters.

The town's official name was set to Toyotomi in 1940, but the area had that name earlier, likely from some time in the late 1800s or early 1900s. See also   Toyotomi, Hokkaido on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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(とよ)(とみ) (Toyotomi

  1. Toyotomi (a town in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

References edit

  1. ^ 豊富”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja in this term

Noun edit

豊富 (pungbu) (hangeul 풍부)

  1. Hanja form? of 풍부 (an abundance; an opulence; an affluence; a plenty; a wealth; richness; a plenitude).