あらわし

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
荒鷲 荒わし 猛鷲 (obsolete)

From 荒(あら) (ara-) + 鷲(わし) (washi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あらわし [àráwáshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠β̞a̠ɕi]

Noun

あらわし • (arawashi) ^{←あらわし (arawasi)?}

1. (literary) fierce eagle
   • 1918, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Hōkyōnin no shi [Death of a Christian]‎^[1]:

     鳩(はと)になづむ荒(あら#)鷲(わし)のやう

     hato ni nazumu arawashi no yō

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (figurative, historical) brave military aviator

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
現し 表し 顕し 著し 現わし 表わし 顕わし 著わし

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠β̞a̠ɕi]

Noun

あらわし • (arawashi) ^{←あらはし (arafasi)?}

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Verb

あらわし • (arawashi) ^{←あらはし (arafasi)?}

1. stem or continuative form of あらわす (arawasu) [godan]