歯黒め
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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歯 | 黒 |
は Grade: 3 |
くろ > ぐろ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
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齒黑め (kyūjitai) |
Noun edit
- blackening of teeth; an ancient Japanese custom in which both men and women would blacken their teeth
- c. 11th century: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, "Mushi Mezuru Himegimi"
- 眉さらにぬき給はず、歯黒め、さらにうるさし、きたなしとて、つけ給わず、いと白らかにゑみつゝ
- c. 11th century: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, "Mushi Mezuru Himegimi"
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References edit
- Ōtsuki, Osamu with Gen'e Imai, Sumiaki Morishita, Masao Karashima (1992) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 26: Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari, Torikaebaya Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN