吾妻

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
吾	妻
あ Jinmeiyō	つま > づま Grade: 5
kun'yomi

From an earlier /aduma/.

Alternative forms

• 東
• 吾嬬

Noun

吾妻(あずま) • (azuma) ^{←あづま (aduma)?}

1. the east
   • c. 715: Fudoki (Hitachi)

     古者 自相模國足柄岳坂以東諸縣惣我姬國 [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. the lands east of the capital

See also

• 関東(かんとう) (Kantō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
吾	妻
あ(が) Jinmeiyō	つま Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɡa̠t͡sɨma̠]

Proper noun

吾(あが)妻(つま) • (Agatsuma) ^{←あがつま (agatuma)?}

1. Agatsuma (a district of Gunma, Japan)

References

• Akimoto, Kichirō (1958) [c. 715] Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Fudoki (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN