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いね

Japanese

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Alternative spelling
稲
 
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Alternative forms

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  • (non-productive, bound form)

Etymology

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⟨i1ne⟩ → /ine/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1] In turn, from Proto-Japonic *inay.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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いね or イネ • (ine) ←いね (ine)?

  1. the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3459:
      , text here
      伊祢(いね)都氣波(つけば)可加流安我手乎(かかるあがてを)許余比毛可(こよひもか)等能乃和久胡我(とののわくごが)等里弖奈氣可武(とりてなげかむ) [Man'yōgana]
      稲(いね)舂(つ)けばかかる我(あ)が手(て)を今宵(こよひ)もか殿(との)の若子(わくご)が取(と)りて嘆(なげ)かむ [Modern spelling]
      ine tsukeba kakaru aga te o koyoi mo ka tono no wakugo ga torite nagekamu
      As my hands are chapped from polishing rice, I wonder if the master’s son will take them and lament again tonight
  2. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of rice plants

Usage notes

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  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

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Derived terms

Idioms

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See also

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Proper noun

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いね • (Ine) ←いね (ine)?

  1. (dated) a female given name
  2. a surname

References

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  1. ^ “稲”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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